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U.S. Senate Passes $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Bill
The legislation will next go to the White House for President Trump's signature.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Google Leaders Pitch Pentagon on Internal Accelerator
In the Defense Innovation Board’s fifth public meeting, members from the private sector discussed four potential recommendations for the Pentagon.
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Trump Administration Plans a New Cybersecurity Strategy
The strategy will be based on the main elements of the president’s May executive order.
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Which Major U.S. Cities Have the Highest Sales Tax Rates?
A new report from the Tax Foundation takes a look.
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How to Rediscover ‘Heart and Soul’ in Small-Town America
While there are plenty of great civic engagement case studies out there, they’re not always specifically geared for smaller communities.
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Pentagon Extends Commercial Health Records Pilot to Fourth Site
The system will be tested at one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast.
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FDA CIO: Agile Is Simply Good Business
One thing agencies need to do is get out of a reactive mode, the agency's CIO Todd Simpson said.
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Pentagon to Scrub Kaspersky From Defense Systems Following DHS Ban
The Defense Department is following a DHS directive to remove the Russian anti-virus from its systems but it’s not clear if the software was there in the first place.
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Coalition of Strange Bedfellows Opposes N.Y. Constitutional Convention Proposal
The Nov. 7 vote has excited many interests and prompted well-funded campaigns on both sides of the issue.
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How the U.S. Marshals Service Saved $300 Million By Identifying Over-Charging Prisons
The service rents space for prisoners awaiting trial from federal, state and local jails—and realized that it needed some more leverage negotiating rates.
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HUD Offers an Update on $7.4 Billion in Disaster Grant Funding
The agency also announced it will funnel about $58 million to the state of Texas to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
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Report: 1 in 4 Emails that Appear to Be Dot-Gov Addresses are Phishing Attempts
The government just launched a major effort to prevent email spoofing.
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What One Tech-Focused Lawmaker Says Stands in the Way of Modernization
Rep. Gerry Connolly renewed his call for the federal chief information officer and chief technology officer positions to be filled.
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Mash Up Library of Congress Data, Maybe Win $5,000
The Library of Congress launched a new data competition searching for new ways to use legislative data sets from Congress.gov.
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U.S. Senate Approves Tax-Related Amendment State and Local Groups Oppose
“This is a disappointment,” a lead National Governors Association staffer said of the measure, which could have implications for the state and local tax deduction.
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GAO Denies Northrop Grumman Protest in $1 Billion DHS Cybersecurity Contract Fight
Northrop Grumman has been wrangling with contract winner Raytheon over the DOMino contract since 2015.
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Medicaid Enrollment Growth Is Slowing, But State Spending Is on the Rise
A new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of state Medicaid directors takes a close look at the fiscal outlook for the program.
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Mattis Opposes Splitting Defense CIO Duties
The defense secretary’s letter also objects to a requirement that the Defense Department notify other nations before responding to cyber threats.
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Could the Senate’s Plan to Speed Up Bid Protests Backfire?
A shorter timeframe to review contracting disputes could put significant stress on the Government Accountability Office.
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