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FILE - In this June 8, 2013 file photo, Chris Inglis, then deputy director of the National Security Agency testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Inglis is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Cyber Director: Bureau of Cyber Statistics needed to understand threat landscape

National Cyber Director Chris Inglis urged Congress to stand up a Bureau of Cyber Statistics within the Department of Homeland Security that would collect,…

Cybersecurity

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on manufacturing and buying American-made products at UAW Region 1 headquarters in Warren, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Agencies on the hook to meet new Buy American acquisition goals for most products

Acquisition Policy

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

Trash and cloudy water sit at the main entry of Arrowhead Landfill Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Uniontown, Ala. Disadvantaged communities in America are disproportionately affected by pollution from industry or waste disposal, but their complaints have few outlets and often reach a dead end. Hundreds of discrimination claims sent to the Environmental Protection Agency’s civil rights office since the mid-90s have only once resulted in a formal finding of discrimination. And some cases languished for years — or decades.(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Agencies are told to consider environmental justice in policy decisions

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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 damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Federal cyber leaders to meet with president today to talk ransomware

Federal Newscast

The White House isn’t kidding when it tells companies to button up against ransomware

Cybersecurity

President Joe Biden speaks about infrastructure negotiations, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House issues new marching orders to improve agencies’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021 file photo, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Hice, a Tea Party favorite and Trump acolyte, is the first major challenger to Brad Raffensperger since the secretary of state incensed the president by certifying President Joe Biden’s narrow victory in Georgia and disputing Trump’s false allegations of fraud.(Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Some members of Congress are skeptical about White House’s plans to bring feds back to the office

Federal Newscast

White House partners with NSF to stand up National AI Research Resource Task Force

Artificial Intelligence

Senators press White House for plan of action on ransomware attacks

Federal Newscast

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new White House memorandum establishes fighting corruption as a core national security interest for the Biden administration.

Federal Newscast

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

For IT, cyber policy goals, dig beneath the numbers of Biden’s 2022 request

The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS chips away at legacy IT, gets IT modernization boost in Biden budget

Budget

The administration’s first full budget request it released Friday would give the IRS $13.2 billion, a more than 10% increase for current levels.

White House

National Cyber Director: Bureau of Cyber Statistics needed to understand threat landscape

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

Agencies on the hook to meet new Buy American acquisition goals for most products

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

Agencies are told to consider environmental justice in policy decisions

Federal cyber leaders to meet with president today to talk ransomware

The White House isn’t kidding when it tells companies to button up against ransomware

White House issues new marching orders to improve agencies’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

Some members of Congress are skeptical about White House’s plans to bring feds back to the office

White House partners with NSF to stand up National AI Research Resource Task Force

Senators press White House for plan of action on ransomware attacks

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

For IT, cyber policy goals, dig beneath the numbers of Biden’s 2022 request

IRS chips away at legacy IT, gets IT modernization boost in Biden budget

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