A Federal judge in New York on Saturday temporarily blocked access to U.S. Treasury Department payment systems by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE). […]
Senate Democrats are calling on Doug Collins, the new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to keep veterans’ data provided by the VA or other Federal agencies out of the hands of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) associates. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Feb. 6 issued a call to government agencies to provide data to OPM by March 7 on current agency employee performance management plans and policies that will inform new rules about getting rid of underperforming workers, and further President Donald Trump’s aim to reshape the Federal workforce. […]
House Democrats on Thursday intensified their opposition to recent forays into Federal agency tech systems by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by introducing a new bill aimed at preventing DOGE and its leader Elon Musk from accessing confidential Treasury Department systems and data. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it will extend the deadline to March 4 for veterans and other beneficiaries to switch to Login.gov and ID.me in order to access their healthcare and other benefits. […]
Elon Musk’s team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is going to work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to give the country’s air traffic control (ATC) systems an upgrade, according to a series of posts to X on Wednesday. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is claiming that its email system used to contact all Federal government employees does not pose a privacy risk, according to a Wednesday court filing. […]
Lawyers for the Justice Department have agreed to temporarily restrict the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued additional guidance to Federal agencies on Wednesday regarding President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at slashing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs. […]
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted 16-12 on Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of Howard Lutnick to run the Commerce Department. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has named Michael Russo chief information officer (CIO). Russo, who started in the new job on Feb. 3, is taking on the position as a first-time Federal employee bringing a lot of private sector experience with him. […]
Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is making claims on his social media account that he had “deleted” the General Services Administration’s 18F technology group. […]
Democratic lawmakers and a coalition of labor organizations are taking action through legislation and a Federal lawsuit to protect Americans’ data after the Treasury Department allegedly shared confidential system access and data with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by billionaire Elon Musk and authorized by President Donald Trump. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is advising Federal agencies to move forward with their plans to return to in-person work, despite current telework-related contracts with Federal employee unions. […]
The Senate Committee on Finance voted 14-13 along party lines today to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has improved its electronic tax filing system but continues to slog through paper filings, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in a new report in which it told the tax agency that it needs to remove barriers for business owners to e-file their tax returns. […]
Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Commerce, promised to lead an agency that prioritizes domestic artificial intelligence manufacturing and reduces regulation for that manufacturing capability. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Sunday that its aviation warning system for pilots is operational again after experiencing a temporary outage on Saturday. […]
Trump administration officials have directed senior staff members at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to make plans to cut 70 percent of the agency’s workforce. […]
The U.S. government has teamed up with international partners to help take down the infrastructure of two of the largest cybercrime marketplaces in the world known as Cracked and Nulled. […]
Public health workers need improved data analytics skills, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlights a gap in the health workforce’s ability to better address public health needs and disparities. […]
The near-term outlook for some areas of Federal government IT contracting remains cloudy in the very early days of the new Trump administration – and particularly following action by the General Services Administration (GSA) to suspend execution of any new GSA-funded obligations, said David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council (PSC), during a call with reporters on Jan. 29. […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – President Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – pledged at a Senate confirmation hearing today that he would expand the use of AI tech and telemedicine in rural hospitals if confirmed to head the agency. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has suspended the execution of any new GSA-funded obligations – including new awards, task and delivery orders, modifications, and options – until further notice. […]
The Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM)’s January 28 memo offering most Federal government employees the opportunity to take part in a “deferred resignation” program features as a prominent hook the right to continue pandemic-era remote working arrangements until employees leave the government. […]
Chief data officers (CDOs) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said they are modernizing their agencies’ use of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. […]
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is asking President Trump to put in place a strong chief information officer (CIO) at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve the agency’s IT and cybersecurity functions. […]
Rep. Dale Strong, R-Ala., on Jan. 23 reintroduced his Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend (SHIELD) against the CCP Act, which would create a working group within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to monitor and respond to threats from China. […]
The Department of Transportation (DoT) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have both filled their chief information officer (CIO) roles in an acting capacity in the early days of the new Trump administration. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued marching orders on Jan. 27 for Federal agencies to comb through their workforce rolls and submit to OPM by April 20 preliminary lists of employees who they want to designate under the new “Schedule Policy/Career” classification that will make them easier to replace. […]