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Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.
The Senate returns to work today as questions hover over the $3.5 trillion spending bill sought by most Democrats.
A new bill in the Senate would require federal contractors, agencies and critical infrastructure operators to report cyber intrusions within 24 hours.
President Joe Biden is nominating West Virginia’s former health commissioner as the nation’s top anti-drug official, tapping a doctor who served on the front lines of the nation’s opioid epidemic
DoD's review of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is ongoing, but officials want to address small business concerns about compliance costs.
A crucial week's ahead for Congress. Democrats say they'll go to reconciliation to pass a $6 trillion package, if Republicans don't go along.
The executive order President Donald Trump signed last week to ban certain types of diversity training carries enormous potential penalties for federal contractors. But at least for the time being, the vendor community appears to be holding its breath while it figures out exactly what the EO means.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Defense Department for more details about its plans to continue to provide a technology and cyber leadership program after the Pentagon ended its 30-year-old CIO development curriculum.
In today's Federal Newscast, two senators want to reverse steps Congress took last year to begin a comprehensive review of medical facilities at the Veterans Affairs Department.
As Congress piles on new initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement, the agency is struggling to keep up with the IT updates that those new or enhanced programs demand.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen urged Congress to fund the tax administration so it can invest in IT infrastructure, and meet customer service demands.
Former senator Dan Coats, the nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence, told the Senate Intelligence Committee the agency’s mission grew over the last 12 years, and he wants to find ways to improve how the entire intelligence community works.
The Office of Management and Budget is doing its due diligence in preparing for a government shutdown.
The Senate is still debating whether it should overhaul current programs at the Veterans Affairs Department that give veterans access to private health care or revise certain pieces of it. At the same time, the VA said it's close on finalizing a new appeals process, but the committee is concerned the VA's plan does little to address the current backlog of 450,000 unresolved claims.