The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) declared an abrupt reversal today of its Jan. 27 order to freeze trillions of dollars worth of Federal grant and loan program payments after the short-lived order created nearly universal confusion over and drew opposition from several states who successfully petitioned a Federal judge to block the order from taking effect. […]
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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. […]
President Donald Trump has issued executive orders to bolster the cryptocurrency market and create a working group to develop a comprehensive plan including “regulatory and legislative proposals” for digital assets. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is directing agencies to revise their telework policies and start arrangements for Federal employees to work onsite full-time by the end of the day tomorrow. […]
President Trump pledged on Jan. 21 to help facilitate electric power and other assistance to a consortium of artificial intelligence (AI) tech firms who said this week they plan to invest $100 billion in AI infrastructure as part of what they are calling The Stargate Project. […]
President Trump’s slew of energy-related executive orders issued on Monday have declared a national energy emergency that aims in part to juice the United States’ natural energy supplies to help meet power demands required to support emerging technologies. […]
After taking office today, President Donald Trump announced that his top priorities include bolstering the nation’s energy sector – which could help boost the power grid’s capacity for artificial intelligence. […]
An executive order issued May 1 by President Trump declares a national emergency regarding the threat posed by “the unrestricted acquisition or use” in the U.S. of bulk-power system electric equipment made by “foreign adversaries,” and lays the groundwork for the government to ban the use of that equipment going forward. […]