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A tiny battle is brewing to be the next NYC Council minority leader

There are five members who could be in their second term after Joe Borelli is out – and at least two are thinking about the post.

House passes agency software licensing bill

Saving on software licensing appears to also be on the radar of the new DOGE caucus.

At least 8 US carriers hit in Chinese telecom hacks, senior official says

The hacks carried out by the Salt Typhoon group impacted a couple dozen countries and may have been ongoing for one to two years, the official said.

House passes agency software licensing bill

Saving on software licensing appears to also be on the radar of the new DOGE caucus.

House passes agency software licensing bill

Saving on software licensing appears to also be on the radar of the new DOGE caucus.

PA politicos are flocking to Bluesky – here’s who to follow

Following the general election, Democratic lawmakers and other left-leaning posters have left X for the social media app Bluesky.

Lockheed details executive transitions in its enterprise, engineering functions

The defense giant's famed Skunk Works advanced development division is also getting a new leader.

Edgewater appoints Ferrando as chief executive

Tom Ferrando has chaired Edgewater's board of directors for two years and led Salient CRGT through its 2021 sale to GovCIO.

Army, Marine Corps want more ground vehicle simulators

It’s a lot cheaper to blow up or damage a simulation than the real thing.

New data shows why it's taking the Senate longer to confirm presidential appointees

President-elect Trump is already pressuring senators to let him bypass, under certain conditions, the Senate’s oftentimes lengthy confirmation process for appointees.

The drawbacks of government-owned broadband networks

As communities determine how to divvy up BEAD funding, a new report suggests deploying publicly owned broadband networks may not always be an effective use of the money.

Senators call for investigation of DOD’s comms following Chinese telecom breach

“DOD’s failure to secure its unclassified voice, video and text communications with end-to-end encryption technology has left it needlessly vulnerable to foreign espionage,” Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote to the Pentagon’s inspector general.

Trump’s agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican ‘trifecta’ of winning the House, Senate and White House

Six straight presidents have begun their terms with party control of the White House and Congress, but that hasn't always made it an easy path for governing.

FAA awards two more seats on engineering recompete

The Federal Aviation Administration moves ahead on its selections for iteration number two of its Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support contract.

Trump opts for conventional DOJ screenings of nominees and transition team members

The president-elect delayed the process but now says it is a key step for deploying his team into federal agencies.

Public health tech must be agile in post-COVID world, Virginia official says

Agencies had to quickly stand up new systems to track cases and vaccines, among other things. With federal help reduced, they need to be sustainable with their tech investments.

Senators introduce quantum reauthorization bill with little time left in this Congress

The bill would provide resources across multiple federal agencies to continue advancing quantum information sciences research following the original 2018 program launch.