Securities and Exchange Commission

GAO finds agencies mostly managed telework network security with a few holes

GAO looked at agencies’ system security plans, the results of security control assessments, remedial action plans and whether or not they followed NIST…

Cybersecurity

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

Federal Newscast

White House makes fighting corruption a major focal point of national security policy

Federal Newscast

How the SEC is adjusting to cloud’s ‘pay by the drink’ model

Federal Insights

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Biden picks Chopra, Gensler for financial oversight roles

People

Agencies modernizing for a low-code, agile environment

Technology

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington. President Donald Trump didn't have to look very far for one of the contenders on his short list to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court: he's been considering one of his own lawyers. Kate Comerford Todd is a deputy White House counsel, helping navigate Trump's White House through a thicket of legal issues. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

White House memo puts burden of proof back on agency for administrative enforcement

Agency Oversight

How to communicate with your employees during the coronavirus

Amid all the confusion and mixed messages. agencies like Voice of America, the Securities and Exchange Commission and NASA are sending regular, reassuring…

Workforce

Agencies still ‘far too stingy’ with telework during coronavirus spread, NTEU says

The two largest federal employee unions said Thursday steps to protect the federal workforce from the rapid spread of the coronavirus were falling short.

Unions

A pedestrian wears a face mask in the World Financial Center complex, Monday, March 9, 2020, in New York. New York continued grappling Monday with the new coronavirus, as case numbers, school closings and other consequences grew. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Epidemic or pandemic? It’s academic

Tom Temin Commentary

SEC the first to try mass teleworking under duress.

Securities and Exchange Commission

GAO finds agencies mostly managed telework network security with a few holes

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

White House makes fighting corruption a major focal point of national security policy

How the SEC is adjusting to cloud’s ‘pay by the drink’ model

Biden picks Chopra, Gensler for financial oversight roles

Agencies modernizing for a low-code, agile environment

White House memo puts burden of proof back on agency for administrative enforcement

New SEC rule would limit how much whistleblowers get paid for tips

Using natural disasters to defraud consumers

VA still has a slew of appointments to make up

How to invest without being defrauded

How to communicate with your employees during the coronavirus

Agencies still ‘far too stingy’ with telework during coronavirus spread, NTEU says

Epidemic or pandemic? It’s academic

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