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Treasury Releasing $13B More in Rental Aid to Successful Programs
At least 50 state and local government grantees have met funding distribution benchmarks that would make them eligible for additional money.
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Union Wants Civilian Cyber Reserve Proposal Dropped from Defense Bill
The American Federation of Government Employees says private-sector stake in the provision is based on companies seeking a competitive advantage.
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Federal CIO: Diversity, Accessibility Are Key to Improving Customer Experience
A diverse workforce and focus on accessibility will be central to administration’s efforts to improve customer experience.
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Deploying the National Guard to Fill a School Bus Driver Shortage
Schools across the country are finding it difficult to recruit and retain school bus drivers.
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Postal Service Law Enforcement Isn’t Fully Tracking Inspectors’ Use of Cryptocurrencies
Investigators reported using cryptocurrencies in nine closed cases. Auditors found another 1,064 that might not have been properly recorded.
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Justice Department Issues New Rules to Monitor Oversight of Police
The changes are meant to help minimize the costs of consent decrees to local jurisdictions and to avoid any conflict of interest among the monitors who oversee the reforms.
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CISA Brings in Former Obama Official as Chief of Staff
Agency leadership stressed Kiersten Todt’s experience working with the private sector.
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GOP Governors Balk at Biden’s Business Vaccination Order
Deriding the mandate as ‘un-American,’ several Republican governors have promised to sue.
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How NIH’s Research-Driving, Centralized Hub for COVID-19 Patient Data is Evolving
Scientists are drawing insights via an enclave of patient records from 7.6 million individuals.
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Best and Worst Cities to Rent in America
Cedar Rapids, Iowa tops the list for most affordable rental housing while two cities in Florida and one in New Jersey tied for last place, according to a recent report.
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White House Makes Major Updates to Customer Experience Guidance
Equity, a Biden administration priority, has been included in the government’s expanded definition of customer experience.
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Advancing Local Emergency Response 20 Years After 9/11
One of the biggest lessons to come out of the terrorist attacks was the importance of regional cooperation and training in emergency preparedness, experts said.
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National Cyber Director Outlines Staffing Framework for 75-Person Office
Chris Inglis is still trying to distinguish his role and responsibilities from other leading cyber officials.
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Postal Service Will Focus on Big Data, Digital Platforms Over Next 10 Years
As the Postal Service looks at the next 10 years, the agency inspector general looked back at the last decade of technology innovation to see what’s worked and what hasn’t.
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10 States Didn’t Pay Off Unemployment Loans Ahead of Interest Deadline
States that borrowed money from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits began to accrue interest Monday. Together they have more than $45 billion in loans outstanding.
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Biden Administration Releases Draft Zero-Trust Guidance
The documents form a roadmap for agencies to deploy the cybersecurity architectures by the end of fiscal 2024.
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GSA Taps Tech Modernization Fund Chief
The fund figures to play an important role in helping agencies modernize IT.
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CISA Urges Patching Atlassian Software Before Holiday Weekend
A vulnerability in collaboration software is undergoing “mass exploitation,” according to U.S. Cyber Command.
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House Reconciliation Package Includes $3 Billion for Federal IT
The Technology Modernization Fund would get another $1 billion.
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