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FILE - In this June 5, 2015, file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. The Department of Homeland Security and FBI warned states earlier this year that Russia could look to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections by covertly advising political candidates and campaigns. That's according to a law enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

CISA’s Ware resigns; is Director Krebs next out the door?

Bryan Ware, the assistant director of the cybersecurity division at CISA, resigned on Thursday and CISA Director Chris Krebs may be next on the chopping block.

People

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

Congress

A bill to make the payroll tax deferral optional, and others worth watching

Congress

House passes bipartisan IoT security bill to fix ‘glaring gap’ in cyber infrastructure

Cybersecurity

USCIS cancels impending employee furloughs days ahead of deadline

Workforce

More members of Congress are calling on USCIS to delay furloughs

Federal Newscast

Exclusive

Senators join industry groups asking for extension of contractor pay provision

Congress

An American flag flies above the White House, Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Washington, a day after it flew at half-staff in remembrance of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

White House aims to limit foreign labor federal contractors can use

Federal Newscast

telework, work at home, office, federal employee

Administration’s reopening plans ‘unsafe’ for federal employees, senators say

Workforce

Virginia senator worries for federal employees and contractors

Congress

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns pause for rest before loading bodies into a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Hospitals get extra equipment from an unlikely agency

Federal Newscast

Congressional worries of coronavirus impact on federal programs continue

In today’s Federal Newscast, members of Congress are laying out their concerns about coronavirus epidemic’s potential impact on many federal programs.

Federal Newscast

Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM

The largest federal employee union is also urging the Office of Personnel Management to allow all telework-eligible workers to begin immediately working…

Workforce

Senators mount defense of DoD collective bargaining amid recent Trump threat

Workforce Rights/Governance

A bipartisan group of senators is urging President Donald Trump to reconsider a recent memo he issued to the Defense Department, which allows the secretary and other senior officials to exclude the DoD civilian workforce from collective bargaining.

CISA’s Ware resigns; is Director Krebs next out the door?

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

A bill to make the payroll tax deferral optional, and others worth watching

House passes bipartisan IoT security bill to fix ‘glaring gap’ in cyber infrastructure

USCIS cancels impending employee furloughs days ahead of deadline

More members of Congress are calling on USCIS to delay furloughs

Senators join industry groups asking for extension of contractor pay provision

White House aims to limit foreign labor federal contractors can use

Administration’s reopening plans ‘unsafe’ for federal employees, senators say

Virginia senator worries for federal employees and contractors

Hospitals get extra equipment from an unlikely agency

Congressional worries of coronavirus impact on federal programs continue

Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM

Senators mount defense of DoD collective bargaining amid recent Trump threat

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