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Ask the CIO

How the FCC is getting out from under technical debt

Allen Hill, the CIO of the FCC, said IT modernization, full stack observability, operational efficiency and zero trust drove his focus over the last two years.

Management

The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button

Federal Newscast

Congressional regulators want to know why a top official at the FCC was able to support what appears to be a Trump campaign initiative

Technology

Federal cybersecurity blanket stretches to cover Internet of Things (IoT) devices

Technology

The FCC strengthens its approach to data privacy and security

Defense

Is there light at the end of the stalemate on resuming spectrum auctions?

People

Why access to suicide prevention services is easier in one crucial way

House Appropriators, Federal workforce, Congress Debt Limit

IT Modernization

Congress aims to reauthorize Commerce telecom agency for first time in three decades

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, the seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality in Washington. The Senate has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s lame-duck nominee, Nathan Simington, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Federal Newscast

FCC launches its Space Bureau

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, a person with a smartphone enters the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing big internet providers from discriminating against certain technology and services. The action rolling back the neutrality rules "is a stab in the heart of the Communications Act," said attorney Pantelis Michalopoulos, referring to the Depression-era law that established the FCC. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Agency Oversight

This group says the federal government, for all the auctions, is still a spectrum hog

Bryce Bailey

The Space Hour

Looking for help with space regulations?

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, the seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality in Washington. The Senate has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s lame-duck nominee, Nathan Simington, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Federal Newscast

Biden renominates Gigi Sohn to FCC after failed first confirmation effort

Brendan Carr, Ron DeSantis

Technology

Inside the FCC decision to ban sales of Chinese-made telecom gear

cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Biden administration’s cyber regulatory plan comes into focus

Miguel Cardona

Federal Newscast

Biden admin. wants more federal employees to qualify for student loan forgiveness

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Technology

A former Commerce official on the internet policy work yet to be done

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, pamphlets are shown in the clinic of Planned Parenthood of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Biden administration on Oct. 4, 2021, reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Groups representing the clinics say they hope the rule reversal leads to the return of hundreds of service providers that left the program to protest the Trump administration's policy. HHS has estimated that the upheaval led to as many as 180,000 unintended pregnancies. The clinics provide birth control and basic health care mainly to low-income women.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Federal Newscast

Members of Congress want Pentagon to start covering birth control under TRICARE

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People

Sammies finalist helped design lucrative spectrum auction process for FCC

Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Lafitte, La. The weather died down shortly before dawn. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Federal Newscast

Many federal agencies pitching in for Hurricane Ida response

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2019 file photo shows a banner of the 5G network is displayed during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. communications regulator will hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks, and will spend $20 billion for rural internet. 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday, April 12, that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history, of 3,400 megahertz, to boost wireless companies’ networks. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Technology

NTIA, FCC need updated spectrum agreements for 5G, GAO says

JEDI, Pentagon, cloud computing

Federal Newscast

DoD sets deadline for other providers to get in on new cloud project

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, logos of Huawei are displayed at its retail shop window with the reflection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. A committee of lawmakers on Thursday Oct. 8, 2020, is urging the British government to consider banning Chinese technology giant Huawei from the country's next-generation mobile phone networks two years earlier than planned. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Cybersecurity

FCC explores 'additional consequences' for banned IT vendors to secure supply chains

FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo a sign advertises 5G at the Qualcomm booth at CES International in Las Vegas. 5G is a new technical standard for wireless networks that promises faster speeds; less lag, or “latency,” when connecting to the network; and the ability to connect many devices to the internet without bogging it down. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Ask the CIO

Federal Mobility Working Group’s timely framework for 5G testing, security

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