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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.
In today's Federal Newscast, former venture capitalist Michael Kratsios is tapped to become the next U.S. chief technology officer.
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is asking the Office of Personnel Management how it's making sure federal employees furloughed due to the government shutdown are still receiving healthcare coverage.
President Donald Trump's pick to run the Social Security Administration says he'll take a top-to-bottom look at the agency's five-year IT modernization plan, and will reexamine its growing disability backlog.
With less than two months before the Homeland Security Department’s Oct. 16 deadline, the number of agency domains still not using the DMARC protocol is more than 200.
House Democrats are increasing their pressure on President Donald Trump to rescind his recent executive orders on official time and collective bargaining.
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee releases the expanded Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act report card today, five agencies saw their grades go up, 11 saw them go down.
In today's Federal Newscast, the USAJobs.gov website is among the first citizen facing sites to use the new Login.gov identity management service.
As members of Congress encourage the whistleblower community to continue to speak up, they acknowledged the long list of improvements they want to make to whistleblower protections at individual agencies like the IRS and FBI.
The House Armed Services Committee is expected to release its first version of the 2018 Defense Authorization bill this week and in it many observers predict provisions to make it easier for the military to buy commercial items.
The IRS says a "convenience app" on the Education Department's student loan online application is being used to steal identities and file tax returns. The tax agency is working to notify potential victims and has flagged the accounts to protect against future ID theft attempts.
Companies are now for the first time sharing cyber threat indicators with the Department of Homeland Security.
The Senate left hundreds of amendments on the floor when it passed the defense authorization bill. Federal News Radio takes a look at some of the more interesting ones.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said his agency is working to both strengthen the security around taxpayer information, while also allowing taxpayers access to their own data. And doing it on a smaller budget and with fewer IT experts.