House Homeland Security Committee

DHS reviewing misconduct discipline processes after unpublished IG reports come to light

Draft findings from the office of the inspector general show sexual misconduct and domestic violence are going uninvestigated, unreported or unpunished…

Agency Oversight

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‘Groundbreaking’ CISA directive to overhaul cyber vulnerability management process

Cybersecurity

TSA’s biggest challenge in two decades? Securing better pay for frontline workers, leaders say

Workforce

Jawan Williams loads his vehicle with sandbags before landfall of Hurricane Ida at the Frederick Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, La., which is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. The storm is expected to bring winds as high as 140 mph when it slams ashore late Sunday. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

FEMA deploying over 2,000 employees as Ida carves destructive path

Federal Newscast

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Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

Cybersecurity

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A Transportation Security Administration employee helps air travelers submit their bags for inspection at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Is the General Schedule the best way to raise pay, morale for TSA workers?

Pay

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GAO flags longstanding quality and organizational concerns with DHS OIG

Agency Oversight

Katko calls for $5B CISA budget to reflect its ‘quarterback’ status

Cybersecurity

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CISA tells agencies to patch or unplug on-premise Microsoft email systems

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers concerned CISA lacks ‘centralized visibility’ to hunt agency cyber threats

Cybersecurity

TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Monday, May 18, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Airlines say they are stepping up security on flights to Washington before next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Delta, United and Alaska airlines said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 they will bar passengers flying to Washington from putting guns in checked bags. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Congressman wonders when DHS frontline employees will get vaccinated

Federal Newscast

Online petition calls for letting soldiers have beards

In today’s Federal Newscast, after the Army made huge changes to its grooming standards last week, some soldiers want more change.

Federal Newscast

Can the SolarWinds incident spur more action, less talk about supply chain security?

NIST will finalize new publication NISTIR 8276 that will include eight key principles for protecting IT supply chains and release the draft to update SP…

Reporter's Notebook

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These 7 agencies will be looking for new CIOs next week

Reporter's Notebook

DHS has a new chief information security officer, while the State Department has a new chief data officer and HHS names the first chief artificial intelligence officer as these are some of the changes in the federal technology community over the last few weeks.