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IRS’ Criminal Investigators Want Help Breaking into Physical Crypto Wallets
The agency’s digital forensics unit is looking for a small business to help make routine processes out of some nascent research into related hardware hacking techniques.
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House to Vote This Week on Infrastructure Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the bill, which will send billions to states and localities, will go to the floor Thursday even as negotiations over a larger social spending package continue.
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Audit Warns State Could Lose Over $330M in Rental Aid
The way California defines whether or not emergency rental assistance has been “obligated” could put it at risk of forfeiting funds, a state watchdog says.
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Grants Management Shared Services Marketplace Set to Launch by End of 2021
The marketplace is getting set to launch with a suite of tools from other federal offices, like GrantSolutions.gov’s automated risk management tool.
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Top Democrats Announce Deal on Raising Revenue for $3.5T Package
The announcement comes as President Biden is trying to shore up support within his party for sweeping domestic legislation that would direct funding towards areas like education, health care and climate initiatives.
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Leading Cyber Officials Favor Fines Over Subpoenas to Enforce Incident Reporting
Incident reporting provisions are being considered as part of the annual defense bill.
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CISA Releases Draft Guidance for Agencies’ Transition to IPv6
The document covers technical requirements for using the new internet protocol, as well as security considerations for the new format.
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House NDAA Includes Permanent UFO-Studying Office Within Pentagon
If the legislation clears the Senate as is, the new office would investigate military reports of unexplained incidents—and whether they’re linked to foreign threats.
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Feds Step In to Assist States With Unemployment Fixes
The Labor Department has deployed “tiger teams” to six state unemployment agencies, with experts looking for solutions to speed up payments and reduce fraud.
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Biden Doubles the Size of the President’s Science and Technology Council
The group includes high-profile academics and industry representatives, including from Google and Microsoft.
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Nearly One-Third of Infrastructure Jobs are Tough to Fill, Research Finds
Job opportunities are likely to boom if Congress approves a pending infrastructure bill, but a National League of Cities report says the current workforce may not be able to meet the demand.
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Union Supports Revised Civilian Cyber Reserve Program
But the American Federation of Government Employees is still adamantly against the creation of a civilian National Digital Reserve Corps.
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How the Veterans Affairs Department Went Digital During the Pandemic
Senior officials shared details and numbers on the department’s COVID-19-specific deployments.
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Biden Administration Asks Local Governments to Set Housing Goals
HUD's new ‘House America’ initiative aims to increase the number of affordable housing units and to reduce the number of unhoused people across the country.
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Public Works Agencies Hit by Rising Prices and Supply Delays
That’s on top of longer standing troubles filling jobs. The trio of challenges is stacking up at a pivotal moment for infrastructure spending in the U.S.
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Infrastructure, Budget Bills Estimated to Support 4M Jobs
The budget bill would add 1.1 million jobs related to caregiving alone, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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Auditors, Contractors Hang in the Balance as Defense Overhauls Cybersecurity Certification Program
The Defense Department has not ruled out a return to allowing companies to ‘self-attest’ their security posture.
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VA Can’t Locate $700K Worth of Satellite Phones
For decades, Veterans Affairs employees have had trouble finding emergency communications devices when they’re needed most.
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Biden Names His Pick for Permanent Defense CIO
John Sherman, currently serving in an acting capacity, will step down during the confirmation process.
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