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Deltek's Kevin Plexico continued his fiscal 2021 state, local and education IT forecast with a focus on Texas and New York, plus the crucial role federal funds play in state and local IT budgets.
April 23, 2020 -
Customs and Border Protection said it rescinded weather and safety leave schedules for some officers to prepare for a potential influx of migrants at the southern border who might carry the virus. But the National Treasury Employees Union said the decision puts CBP officers at unnecessary risk at time when border traffic is down.
April 17, 2020 -
The Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released memos late last week outlining how contractor officers can implement a provision of the stimulus spending bill to pay contractors if they can’t work because of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 14, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, as more assets and money are being distributed for coronavirus response, there are those looking to take advantage of the current situation.
April 13, 2020 -
Sean Connelly, the Homeland Security Department’s TIC program manager, said new interim guidance letting remote workers connect to cloud services is heavily influenced by pilots that proved that flexibility and security don’t have to be opposite sides of the same coin.
April 10, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon says servicemembers who get special incentive payments for hazardous assignments can still get their bonuses – even if the pandemic is stopping them from carrying out those missions.
April 10, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, coronavirus cases among federal employees are piling up across the country.
April 09, 2020 -
GSA and DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) told agencies that the Zoom for Government platform, which runs on a government community cloud and has received a Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) moderate level approval under the cloud security program known as FedRAMP, is an agency’s best option.
April 08, 2020 -
Government contractors are changing the way they are communicating with their clients and seeking more details for how to continue to meet mission needs.
April 07, 2020 -
A summary of agencies' chief human capital challenges from the Office of Personnel Management points to the General Schedule as the "single greatest obstacle" to competing with the private sector for critical talent. It's second report in as many weeks from the federal community that describes major challenges with decades-old civil service systems.
April 06, 2020 -
The threats to the U.S. are rapidly evolving. That's prompted think tank The Atlantic Council to launch a big review called The Future of DHS project.
April 06, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Mark Esper is directing that anyone on DoD property wear a cloth mask if they can’t consistently keep a six-foot social distance from other people.
April 06, 2020 -
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will release a telework-focused temporary Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 directive to give agency networks some relief as more employees are working remotely.
April 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three federal agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together in using 3D printing technology to build devices and objects used to treat coronavirus.
April 01, 2020 -
Some agencies are struggling to vet and issue credentials to new employees during the coronavirus, as some federal facilities that collect and process fingerprints are closed.
March 26, 2020