Politics
Myrie starts exploratory committee to challenge Adams for mayor
The state senator is the latest politico to express interest in mounting a challenge.
Contracts
IRS wants tax training focused on big filers
The agency wants to better training and access to tax law expertise regarding large organizations and wealthy individuals.
Defense One
China's Volt Typhoon campaign is metastasizing
US diplomats decry penetrations of critical infrastructure that show a new "type of threat and intent.”
Nextgov
TSA is looking at using AI to improve security screening processes
Following the Department of Homeland Security's guidance, TSA is looking at ways that it can use generative AI technologies to support its officers.
Nextgov
Thwarted cyberattack targeted Library of Congress in tandem with October British Library breach
Multifactor authentication prevented hackers from accessing the U.S. institution’s systems in the October campaign, documents show.
Politics
Philly’s IT department fires long-tenured staff amid high-level shakeup
At least four top-level positions were eliminated in a restructuring following the appointment of new CIO Melissa Scott.
Pay & Benefits
OPM tweaks its final rule for the postal health benefits plan
The federal HR agency posted its final rule for establishing the Postal Service Health Benefits program on Monday, clarifying language on Medicare Part B enrollment and other details.
Personality
Rowan Wilson honored at 2024 Asian American Judges Association of New York dinner
The state’s top judge was warmly welcomed at the packed event in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
News
Business consortium awards $100,000 in microgrants to hyperlocal nonprofits
The Westside Community Fund made the first of two annual distributions to organizations on Manhattan’s West Side.
Opinion
Opinion: Where is the vision from New York’s leaders?
Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul should pursue transformative policies like free universal child care, a Social Housing Development Authority and tuition-free public education at CUNY and SUNY schools.
Management
‘Extremely dangerous’: Governors criticize ‘federalization’ of National Guard
Governors from 53 U.S. states and territories object to the Defense Department's plan to move all Air National Guardsman with space-related missions from state to federal control, placing them under the umbrella of the U.S. Air Force, specifically the Space Force.
Personality
2024 Met Gala photos: New York political figures show off their looks
A behind the scenes photo shoot with Adrienne Adams, while the mayor attends an after-party.
Defense One
There’s ‘still more work to be done’ for DOD on AI
The Pentagon has started to use the technology, but challenges lie ahead.
Route Fifty
Easing the housing squeeze on low-income renters
The State and Local Innovation project will work with policymakers to draft bill language and leverage data and best practices to keep the lowest income renters in stable housing.
Exclusive
Nextgov
Mace sponsors bill to push CBP to use blockchain at the border
Customs and Border Protection has already been doing research into how the tech could be used for its mission.
Defense One
AI, new tech are creating a special-operations ‘renaissance’
U.S. SOCOM wants to use new tools to give small teams a big punch.
Defense One
Hurricane Hunters are chasing more storms—and say they need more aircraft to do it
The reserve squadron is “spread thin” as it prepares for another busy hurricane season.
Nextgov
House passes GSA transparency bill to track tech projects
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said he introduced the bill to respond to the agency's misrepresentations about the capabilities of the government-run digital identity service Login.gov.
Management
IRS chief pleads for another funding boost to skeptical lawmakers
Commissioner says recent successful tax season is unsustainable without more cash to sustain resources.
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