Maryland

Maryland legislators ask for investigation into potential discrimination within its National Guard

In today’s Federal Newscast, lawmakers want the National Guard Inspector General to investigate bias in the Maryland National Guard.

Federal Newscast

AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta

FILE - This Feb. 3, 2012, file photo shows FBI headquarters in Washington. Many U.S. diplomatic, military and government figures were not told about Russia-linked attempts to hack into their emails, even though the FBI knew they were in the Kremlin’s crosshairs, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

After Trump axed plan, senators now ask President Biden about new FBI headquarters

Federal Newscast

A woman gets her shot of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the Magdalena Contreras borough of Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, as Mexico begins to vaccinate people over the age of 60 against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

DMV lawmakers want government to have its own batch of COVID vaccines for federal workers

Federal Newscast

A vial containing Russian vaccine Sputnik V is shown by a nurse at the South Pest Central Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, as the vaccination with Sputnik V against the new coronavirus begins in the country. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

DMV leaders want federal government to create plan for vaccinating federal employees

Federal Newscast

DMV reps want to let feds use leave to get vaccinated

Federal Newscast

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

telework, work at home, office, federal employee

After the pandemic: Work, school may never be the same

Federal Report

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Md. Senator Ben Cardin on the coronavirus emergency stimulus bill

Congress

In new book, former Gov. O’Malley makes case for tracking performance with data

Ask the CIO: SLED

Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., gives opening remarks before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died

People

Maryland selected for NGA partnership on enhanced cybersecurity strategies

Ask the CIO: SLED

Mitsuko Herrera, Montgomery County, John Thomas Flynn

Making local government a partner in 5G expansion

Insight of the Month

FILE - This Jan. 30, 2018, file photo shows the Trump International Hotel in Washington. A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit that claims President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by accepting profits from foreign and domestic officials through his hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judges grill lawyers in suit over Trump’s DC hotel

A federal appeals court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that claims President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by accepting profits from foreign…

The senators and the subway cars

The D.C. area’s senate delegation is taking an interest in cybersecurity beneath the city’s streets.

Tom Temin Commentary

Water from New York Harbor surrounds the southern tip of New York's Manhattan borough on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, seen from aboard a Staten Island Ferry. Superstorm Sandy roared ashore five years ago, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, devastating the coastlines of New Jersey, New York and parts of Connecticut and becoming one of the costliest storms in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Military COLA payments to shrink significantly in 2019

Pay

DoD says roughly 15,000 state-side personnel will receive cost of living adjustments in 2019, down from 28,000 this year.