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Montana TikTok Ban

Cybersecurity

It's out, a procurement rule banning contractors from using TikTok

The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council earlier this month issued something the procurement community had been expecting. An interim rule that bans the TikTok app from certain contractor devices.

Federal Newscast

TikTok banned again, this time for federal contractors

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the next line in the competition with China

Congress

Congress has a decidedly nuts-and-bolts week

People

TikTok could identify your federal job from your personal device

Federal Newscast

No dance step or sidestep can help avoid the TikTok ban

Contracting

Some 2023 advice for federal contractors, now that there's money

Cybersecurity

Congress moves to reauthorize CISA’s cyber defense program

Social Media Midterms Misinformation

Federal Newscast

Federal Protective Service facing staffing shortages

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Cybersecurity

After the Huawei and ZTE bans, what's next for China trade policy

Brendan Carr, Ron DeSantis

Technology

Inside the FCC decision to ban sales of Chinese-made telecom gear

Mark Warner, Marco Rubio

Congress

A bipartisan Senate push to tamp down at least one threat from China

Miguel Cardona

Federal Newscast

Biden admin. wants more federal employees to qualify for student loan forgiveness

women in the military, online harassment, DoD

Defense

For female service members, online harassment is a fact of life. For DoD, it’s not worth measuring

Stratford University's Tech Talk

Tech Talk Radio - October 3, 2020
Tech Talk Radio

A man opens social media app 'Tik Tok' on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Pakistan has threatened the China-linked TikTok video service and blocked the Singapore-based Bigo Live streaming platform, citing what the regulating authority called widespread complaints about "immoral, obscene and vulgar" content. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Defense

No more TikTok and other NDAA amendments you should know

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2019, file photo, passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. The chief of the TSA said Monday, July 1, that travelers should see only a slight increase in checkpoint wait times over the four-day July 4 holiday weekend despite the diversion of about 350 employees including screeners to the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

All News

TSA halts employees from using TikTok for social media posts

Security stands guard outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. A shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii left at least one person injured Wednesday, military and hospital officials said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam spokesman Charles Anthony confirmed that there was an active shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Federal Newscast

Following shootings on military bases, some Marines may now carry concealed firearms on installations

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. Facebook says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be violating the company's rules if agents create fake profiles to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Federal Newscast

Senator warns Army about recruiting on TikTok