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Russia's invasion of Ukraine is motivating lawmakers to pass a raft of federal cyber legislation, including incident reporting requirements, FISMA modernization and more.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is set to consider a bill combining incident reporting requirements and updated federal cyber standards.
A long-awaited reform bill that would save the Postal Service about $50 billion over the next decade took a major step forward in Congress.
In today's Federal Newscast, most federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors have less than two months to certify that they are meeting their requirement to develop and maintain annual affirmative action programs.
In today's Federal Newscast, death benefits for federal employees killed on the job may increase soon.
Cyber incident reporting requirements for critical infrastructure companies and other federal cybersecurity provisions were left out of this year's NDAA.
The team overseeing FedRAMP is urging lawmakers against supporting legislation that would restrict their flexibility in responding to emerging threats.
A group of senators and House members said "extensive issues with the FBI's current whistleblower program make the bureau one of the most difficult places" to report waste, fraud and abuse.
Agency inspectors general are getting closer to gaining the authority to question former federal employees and contractors as part of their investigations.
The bill aims to ensure agencies and contractors are sharing information when they get hit by cyber attacks.
The bill would require critical infrastructure companies to report cyber attacks to the government within three days.
Lawmakers want to put the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the center of U.S. cyber defenses with new authorities and funding.
Senior officials supported fines for companies that don't comply with proposed cyber reporting regulations.
The Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through (SMART) Leasing Act would allow agencies to sublease underutilized real estate to “any person or entity at fair market value,” including another federal, state, or local government agency.