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Latest News
- Major Federal agencies appear to be taking a go-slow approach to making decisions both major and minor while the new Trump administration and its leadership ranks for agencies take time to settle in.
- Heads Up DOGE: GAO Says Fed IT Problems Deeply Rooted
- OPM Directs Agencies to Make Plans to End Telework by Tomorrow
- Senate Panel Greenlights Collins Nomination for VA Secretary
- DoT Nominee Duffy Breezes Through Senate Panel Vote
- Noem, Ratcliffe Nominations Move Toward Confirmation
- Space Force Seeks Bids for $2.3B COMSATCOM Contracts
People
- Melvin Brown II has been replaced as chief information officer (CIO) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), just a week after starting the new role and on the second day of the Trump administration, according to his LinkedIn.
Progress
- Legislation that would provide Federal scholarship support in exchange for two years of service in cybersecurity roles with governments at all levels sits at the top of the legislative agenda for House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., who talked about the measure’s importance during a committee hearing today.
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Policy
- The Trump administration is moving to put on administrative leave all Federal employees who have been working in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility offices since Election Day, with a deadline for 5 p.m. today for layoffs to get underway.