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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)

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

The Federal Communications Commission is taking further steps to prohibit blacklisted Chinese IT vendors from doing business with U.S. telecommunications…

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

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USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

Technology

Legislators hope to secure higher COLA for federal retirees

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight with the Olympic Mountains in the background at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing on Wednesday, May 27, is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File).

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

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FILE - In this May 6, 2020, photo, United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia. Officials from six states and the District of Columbia are in court Thursday, Sept. 24, to ask a federal judge to halt alleged slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service that they say threaten the upcoming presidential election(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Federal Newscast

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

In today’s Federal Newscast, senior executives and federal managers have some harsh criticism for the Office of Management and Budget’s recent directive…

Federal Newscast

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

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations completed a year-long investigation into federal oversight…

Technology

In this March 5, 2020, photo, a Royal Mail employee wears gloves as he hold parcels and the signature handheld as he delivers in London. While white collar workers trying to avoid contagion can work from home or call in sick if they experience symptoms of the new virus, such precautions are not an options for the millions of waiters, delivery workers, cashiers, ride-hailing drivers, museum attendants and countless others who routinely come into contact with the public. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Lawsuit filed against SSA for refusing electronic signatures

Federal Newscast

The National Federation of the Blind and four individual plaintiffs file a lawsuit in federal court against the Social Security Administration for its refusal to accept digital signatures.

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

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

What the FCC chair departing means for the agency

How to go RoboCop on those robocalls

Federal robocallers must now have consent to drop you a line

NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

Legislators hope to secure higher COLA for federal retirees

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Lawsuit filed against SSA for refusing electronic signatures

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