President-elect Donald Trump announced key appointments on Sunday for his incoming technology team, including leadership for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST), and a new “Crypto Council.” […]
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President-elect Donald Trump has named his picks for several top positions at the Pentagon including deputy secretary of defense, and other high-profile acquisition, research, and policy posts. […]
What’s in store for Federal cybersecurity policy when the Trump administration takes charge in January? Illumio’s Gary Barlet told us in an exclusive interview that he is looking for much of the current bedrock of cybersecurity policy to carry forward, but with an accelerated timeline for action and greater accountability for results. […]
President-elect Donald Trump late Friday said he will nominate Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – reprising his role as OMB director from 2019 to 2021 during the first Trump administration – and handing Vought the reins on a host of crucial issues for the Federal workforce and how Federal agencies function. […]
A Federal workforce shake-up and probable changes to existing Federal policies for the government’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are two of the major government policy issues that loom large for early action by the incoming Trump administration. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today issued a final rule confirming protections for career civil servants against the potential reemergence of a controversial Trump-era Federal workforce policy that aimed to create a new “Schedule F” for employees in policymaking roles that would make it easier to fire them. […]
The White House said today President Biden will sign an executive order that cancels a previous order issued by former President Trump last October that created a new “Schedule F” classification for Federal employees in policy-making positions and made it easier to hire and fire them. […]
After congressional Democrats and Republicans broke a nine-month deadlock on Fiscal Year 2021 spending and further COVID-19 relief funding with their agreement on both fronts earlier this week, President Trump put the fate of the combined spending bill in doubt with suggestions to change the terms of payouts in the stimulus portion of the legislation. […]
President Trump on Dec. 11 signed an executive order (EO) giving Federal employees the full day off on Christmas Eve. While Christmas Eve is not officially a Federal holiday, President Trump gave Federal employees Dec. 24 off in 2019 and 2018, as well. Department heads will still ultimately have the last call as the EO […]
Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Armed Services Committee said today they have reached agreement on provisions of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). […]
The White House said on March 18 that President Trump intends to nominate Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). […]
President Trump signed funding bills for most Federal agencies on December 20, finalizing budgets for Fiscal Year 2020 and avoiding a government shutdown. […]
President Trump officially revived U.S. Space Command on Aug. 29 during a White House Rose Garden address where he touted the technological and defense capabilities of the new command and anticipated the elevation the command to the status of a separate military branch. […]
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter today that he will withdraw his nomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to serve as director of national intelligence. […]
The House voted today to approve its version of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (HR 2500). […]
The practical challenges of a sweeping effort to collect and analyze data from numerous Federal agencies are about to get a real-world test from President Trump’s most recent executive order. […]
President Trump is poised to nominate Michael Kratsios to become United States Chief Technology Officer (CTO), according to numerous press reports that cite unnamed White House officials. […]
There is no evidence that Russian hacking activities altered the results of the 2016 presidential election. But there is ample evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence services are now waging a massive information operations campaign targeting Western democracies. […]