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People
President Biden's pick of Neera Tanden's to head the Office of Management and Budget is in peril after a powerful centrist Democrat has announced his plan to vote no on the nomination.
02/20/2021
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Management
President Biden's nominee for OMB director came under fire during her hearing for mean tweets aimed at Republican lawmakers. "I regret the language," she said.
02/09/2021
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People
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will be faced with oversight responsibilities over the SolarWinds hack, the federal government's response to the pandemic and with legislation to implement the Biden administration's priorities for the federal workforce.
02/05/2021
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People
During his time as mayor, Marty Walsh pursued actions to increase the amount of minority-, women- and veteran-owned contractors in Boston.
02/03/2021
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Cybersecurity
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) will chair a new subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee focused on cybersecurity, emerging tech and information systems.
02/03/2021
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Congress
Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan, is poised to become energy secretary as the agency continues to grapple with the fallout of the SolarWinds Orion hack.
02/03/2021
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Defense
Kathleen Hicks, President Biden's pick to serve as deputy secretary of defense, pressed for new incentives to improve DOD's business reform efforts at her confirmation hearing.
02/02/2021
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Workforce
Sponsors say the legislation is needed to allow federal first responders to access their retirement benefits if they are injured on the job.
02/01/2021
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Defense
To create a better environment for all service members, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the Air Force's chief of staff said leadership will have to lay out "what our expectations are for those who are to be a part of our force."
01/26/2021
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People
Chris DeRusha, who led information security on the Biden campaign, is the federal government's new chief information security officer.
01/26/2021
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Workforce
The appointments come on the heels of executive orders in Biden's first days in office that started the rollback of much of the Trump administration's workforce policy.
01/25/2021
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Defense
Army CIO plans to release new enterprise digital strategy and rein in $2 billion of bloated IT spending.
01/22/2021
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People
William Evanina, a career intelligence official, is stepping down from the post of director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
01/21/2021
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Congress
With Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) as the new chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Democrats will set the tone on defense policy and budgets.
01/21/2021
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People
The Biden-Harris administration tapped former officials to senior slots at the General Services Administration, but the nomination of an administrator is still to come.
01/20/2021