Policy
Lawmakers announce bipartisan breakthrough on full-year omnibus spending bill
Several hurdles still remain before the deal is done, including actually writing the funding measures.
Policy
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Prevent Money Laundering via Cryptocurrency Companies
The new legislation would apply existing financial regulations to digital asset wallets.
Policy
Lawmakers intro bill to ban TikTok in U.S.
TikTok poses a national security threat, according to lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.
Policy
Congress preps 1-week stopgap bill as lawmakers announce progress toward full-year funding deal
Agencies face a Friday night shutdown threat, though lawmakers are looking to punt that to just before Christmas.
Policy
White House Announces $1.2B Effort to Improve Access to STEMM Education
The large-scale partnership will work to build a stronger American science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine education system.
Policy
House Bill a First in Decades Effort to Modernize Satellite License Rules
The introduced bills aim to streamline the satellite license and market access application process, while preventing entities determined to be a national security threat from receiving a license.
Policy
Senate passed bill to 'stop the government speak' in agency documents
The proposal would expand and update an existing law on plain language requirements for agencies.
Policy
Key Cyber and Tech Provisions Included—and Excluded—from the Final NDAA
This year, provisions that were ultimately left out of the massive annual Defense authorization bill—despite in some cases bipartisan agreement across both Congressional chambers—got the most attention.
Policy
Gillibrand subs military-services style cyber academy idea for DOD scholarship program in NDAA
The new plan proposed by the New York senator would offer cyber scholarships to students at colleges and universities, followed by DOD service.
Emerging Tech
GAO: Agencies Need to Conduct Cyber Risk Assessments of IoT, OT Devices in Critical Infrastructure Sectors
A Government Accountability Office report found that the agencies responsible for managing infrastructure in the healthcare and public health, energy and transportation sectors need to better assess their cyber risk mitigation strategies.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Discuss Crypto Regulatory Bill Following FTX Collapse
Members on the Senate Agriculture Committee consider applying classic market restrictions to the digital asset marketplace with financial regulators.
Emerging Tech
DOD Creates Office to Enhance Investments in Tech Vital to National Security
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital will work with private capital providers to “shape and scale investment in critical technologies.”
Policy
Recruiting Crisis? Not at Space Force
The youngest and smallest service says it pays to be both choosy and inclusive.
Policy
Proposed Rule Would Prioritize Patient Consent In Dealing With Mental Health Data
The rule could have significant ramifications across several health care fields.
Digital Government
Ukraine Tech Chief: Cloud Migration ‘Saved Ukrainian Government and Economy’
“Russian missiles can’t destroy the cloud,” Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation explained.
Policy
FCC’s Spectrum Sharing Proposal Draws Lawmaker Concerns
House Science Committee leaders urged the FCC’s commissioners to refrain from sharing the spectrum band used by NOAA with commercial wireless carriers.
Policy
Warner, Slotkin Ask Google to Correct Misleading Abortion Ads
The Democratic lawmakers followed up an earlier request asking for more information about the search engine’s ad labeling policies surrounding abortion access.
Policy
Transportation Needs to Share More Info on Connected Vehicle Strategy, Watchdog Says
The Department of Transportation is developing ways to use less spectrum in connected vehicles, following an FCC decision.
Policy
House modernization committee offers final recommendations
The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress passed its final seven recommendations ahead of the final month of the 117th Congress, among them a suggestion to continue its work as a permanent subcommittee.
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Digital Government
VA Has a Plan to Attract Workers Displaced by Widespread Tech Industry Layoffs
Amid a recent wave of layoffs across the technology sector, the VA is working to position itself as an enticing destination for unemployed tech workers.
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