FCW Insider: Nov. 5
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Election Day is over, but threats to voting systems remain
Cyber threats to election systems remain a concern for the Department of Homeland Security well into December throughout the vote counting process.
Immigration judges union decertified in FLRA ruling
The decision reversed decades of precedent and garnered a strong dissent from one FLRA member, who called the ruling "the antithesis of reasoned decision making."
Second wave solicitations coming for DOD 5G test sites
The Defense Department plans to award the first three of seven new 5G test bed contracts in the spring.
Quick Hits
*** The Office of Special Counsel told feds in a Nov. 4 memo that many of the Hatch Act restrictions on politicking in the workplace as they apply to attire and display of photographs "no longer constitute political activity" after Election Day.
*** Nominations for the 2021 Fed 100 are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31.