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Colonial Pipeline storage tanks are seen in Woodbridge, N.J., Monday, May 10, 2021. Gasoline futures are ticking higher following a cyberextortion attempt on the Colonial Pipeline, a vital U.S. pipeline that carries fuel from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Biden administration eyes mandates under new effort to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity

The administration will develop performance goals for critical infrastructure cybersecurity as part of an effort emphasizing voluntary collaboration, but…

Cybersecurity

St. Elizabeths Center Building Rendering (Source: Goody Clancy)

CISA headquarters plans finalized as DHS consolidated campus reaches ‘critical mass’

Agency Oversight

CI Security

Cooperation between the corporate and federal sectors still has a long way to go

Cybersecurity

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

Cybersecurity

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

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

In this Monday, June 27, 2016, photo, a passenger passes by a sign for the Transportation Security Administration's TSA Precheck line in Terminal A at Logan Airport in Boston. By air or car, summer 2017 travel numbers are expected to rise over the previous year thanks to deals on airfares and stable gasoline prices. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Biden administration orders TSA to expand union rights, explore pay reform for screeners

Workforce

Bill to give TSA officers General Schedule pay gets Senate companion

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up its social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism. The move is a response ding to weaknesses exposed by the deadly Capitol insurrection but also raising longstanding concerns about protecting Americans’ civil liberties. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Now hiring at DHS: Resilient critical thinkers ready for the next pandemic

Workforce

Transportation Security Officers are carefully watching a bill in Congress that could change their lives

Workforce

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, Transportation Security Administration agents check travelers identifications at a security check point area in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Fliers who don't have the latest driver's licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints. Many travelers had been worried that the Transportation Security Administration would penalize them because of a federal law requiring the more-stringent IDs at the start of this year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

An Energy Department lab is perfecting a way to speed up TSA airport screening

Technology

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list. The move is one of several that officials outlined Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

We don’t pay them enough for this

Federal Report

FILE - In this April 28, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Biden has moved into a new phase of his presidency, having already begun to face a historic series of crises and largely dedicating his first 100 days to steady a nation reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 570,000 Americans and devastated its economy. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File)

Congress will focus on IRS and TSA this week

More money to expand the IRS and raises for TSA officers – both are on the agenda as Congress returns to Washington this week.

Congress

FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, a Transportation Security Administration officer works at Love Field in Dallas. President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic -- a “strong wall” that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May. But Trump’s wall was more like a sieve. Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Debate over TSA pay shows why civil service reform is probably a longshot

Transportation security officers are among the lowest paid federal employees in government. The debate over how to raise their pay shows just how difficult…

Federal Report

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The civilian official overseeing the Pentagon's campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in the Middle East has resigned in the latest jolt to Pentagon leadership in the waning weeks of the Trump administration.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon wants white hat hackers to try and penetrate all of its websites

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department has expanded its program of using external hackers to probe systems for cybersecurity vulnerability.

Transportation Security Administration

Biden administration eyes mandates under new effort to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity

CISA headquarters plans finalized as DHS consolidated campus reaches ‘critical mass’

Cooperation between the corporate and federal sectors still has a long way to go

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

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

Biden administration orders TSA to expand union rights, explore pay reform for screeners

Bill to give TSA officers General Schedule pay gets Senate companion

Now hiring at DHS: Resilient critical thinkers ready for the next pandemic

Transportation Security Officers are carefully watching a bill in Congress that could change their lives

An Energy Department lab is perfecting a way to speed up TSA airport screening

We don’t pay them enough for this

Congress will focus on IRS and TSA this week

Debate over TSA pay shows why civil service reform is probably a longshot

Pentagon wants white hat hackers to try and penetrate all of its websites

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