Digital Government
They took all the tweets and put 'em in a tweet museum
Twitter cancelled @realdonaldtrump, but the National Archives will bring presidential tweets back via the Trump library website.
People
NASA names permanent CIO
Acting tech chief Jeff Seaton takes over as NASA CIO as part of a spate of leadership changes.
Acquisition
In final days, Trump cracks down on Chinese apps
An executive order looks to block popular Chinese payment apps and other software from being used on U.S. devices.
Digital Government
Senate overrides Trump's veto; NDAA becomes law
The U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in overturning President Trump's veto of the annual defense policy bill in a rare New Year's Day vote.
People
Trump signs 2021 funding bill, averting Tuesday shutdown
After threatening a government shutdown, President Trump signed the fiscal year 2021 funding bill and a COVID-19 relief package into law on Sunday evening.
People
Trump threatens yet another shutdown
The government is currently funded by a short-term continuing resolution that expires on midnight on Monday, Dec. 28.
People
Schedule F workforce plan survives funding bill
Democrats in the House and Senate urged appropriators to include a measure blocking the implementation of a workforce executive order making it possible to reclassify thousands of senior civil servants as "at will" employees, making it easier to hire and fire feds in certain key positions.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers press Trump to sign NDAA in the wake of massive hack
The annual defense bill includes a section on cybersecurity based on recommendations from the Solarium Commission.
Modernization
AWS renews JEDI protest
After a re-award to Microsoft by the Department of Defense of the enterprise cloud contract, Amazon Web Services is headed back to court.
People
Biden taps former Obama aide to lead VA
Denis McDonough would be the second non-veteran to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Modernization
Microsoft to launch top secret cloud
The company is waiting on government accreditation for the new top secret regions.
People
GSA's Murphy releases transition funds to Biden
More than two weeks after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election by the Associated Press, the General Services Administration is releasing $7.3 million in transition funding and making other resources available to the president-elect's team.
People
OPM aide tapped as next federal CIO
The chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management is taking over the top federal tech job for the last days of the Trump administration.
Cybersecurity
DHS panel says 2020 vote was 'most secure in American history'
The statement directly contradicts the most recent in a raft of conspiracy theories put forth by President Donald Trump stating that a voting machine vendor secretly changed votes.
Acquisition
VA reports smooth go-live from $16B electronic health record system
The performance of infrastructure, end-user devices exceeded agency expectations on the VA's first go-live on its new electronic health record system.
Digital Government
Senate nixes pay hike for feds in funding bill
Congress is looking to pass a full slate of appropriations bills for fiscal year 2021 instead of a stopgap continuing resolution by Dec. 11, when the current temporary funding bill expires.
People
Lawmakers demand answers from GSA on transition
The head of the General Services Administration must designate Joe Biden as the president-elect before key transition activities can take place, and Democratic lawmakers are growing impatient.
People
Esper out at DOD
President Trump announced on Twitter that he had fired his secretary of defense, with Christopher C. Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, taking over on an acting basis.
Digital Government
Rethinking technology governance
A U.S. Digital Service veteran is looking for civil servants and other federal IT stakeholders to talk about governance obstacles that hinder successful acquisition and deployment of big and small technology projects.
People
House Dems mull response Trump's order to remake the civil service
The presidential election is one obvious check on the recent executive order to reclassify many federal civil servants as at-will employees, but congressional Democrats are looking at other ways to block the new policy.
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