FCW Insider: Jan. 8
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
EEOC cancels official time for union reps in discrimination complaints
The rule change will restrict the use of official time for union representatives working with complainants on discrimination charges.
Warner: White House 'again' holding back on naming Russia
The Virginia Democrat, who is set to become the chairman of the intelligence committee, also called a "full sum review" of reporting obligations by public and private sector entities following cybersecurity breaches.
CISA: Hackers access to federal networks without SolarWinds
The Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency said on Jan. 6 that there is evidence of suspected hackers are breaching federal networks without exploiting a recently discovered flaw in SolarWinds Orion product.
Capitol rioters planned for weeks in plain sight. The police weren't ready.
For reasons that remained unclear Wednesday night, ProPublica reports, the law enforcement authorities charged with protecting the nation's entire legislative branch -- nearly all of the 535 members of Congress gathered in a joint session, along with Vice President Mike Pence -- were ill-prepared to contain the forces massed against them.
Quick Hits
*** President-Elect Joe Biden will select Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor. Walsh, a former union official, takes control of an agency with broad authority over federal contractors.
*** President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Jan. 7, just hours after Wolf released a statement calling on the president to condemn the storming of the Capitol Building by his supporters on Wednesday. The Senate is in recess and will not take up Wolf's nomination before Trump's term expires but the move was seen as a rebuke, considering that the president had renominated multiple individuals for Senate-confirmed positions whose nominations had expired at the close of the last Congress.
*** The deadline to make Federal 100 nominations has been extended. You now have until Friday, Jan. 15 to get them in.