Policy
Senate reaches breakthrough and passes $1.7T omnibus funding bill
Measure now heads to the House ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline.
Policy
State Department Seeks Private Sector Collab on Space Infrastructure and Markets
The U.S. government is continuing its regulatory efforts of outer space’s emerging usages.
Policy
Omnibus spending bill includes a ban of TikTok on government devices
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told FCW on Monday that Congress might have more work to do regarding national security implications of popular video-sharing app TikTok in the next session of Congress.
Policy
Omnibus funding bill includes $50 million for TMF, $90 million for Citizen Services Fund
Funding levels for the tech modernization vehicles fell short of Biden administration requests.
Policy
GAO Dings OMB on Performance Goals for Agencies’ IT Management
The federal CISO’s plan for getting agencies to focus on cybersecurity measures the administration considers most urgent did not go over so well in a shifting Congress.
Policy
Lawmakers Explore 'More Permanent Direction' for Telehealth Under Medicare
Many of Medicare’s telehealth provisions were tied to emergency pandemic measures, which will come to an end.
Policy
Lawmakers announce bipartisan breakthrough on full-year omnibus spending bill
Several hurdles still remain before the deal is done, including actually writing the funding measures.
Policy
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Prevent Money Laundering via Cryptocurrency Companies
The new legislation would apply existing financial regulations to digital asset wallets.
Policy
Lawmakers intro bill to ban TikTok in U.S.
TikTok poses a national security threat, according to lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.
Policy
Congress preps 1-week stopgap bill as lawmakers announce progress toward full-year funding deal
Agencies face a Friday night shutdown threat, though lawmakers are looking to punt that to just before Christmas.
Policy
White House Announces $1.2B Effort to Improve Access to STEMM Education
The large-scale partnership will work to build a stronger American science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine education system.
Policy
House Bill a First in Decades Effort to Modernize Satellite License Rules
The introduced bills aim to streamline the satellite license and market access application process, while preventing entities determined to be a national security threat from receiving a license.
Policy
Senate passed bill to 'stop the government speak' in agency documents
The proposal would expand and update an existing law on plain language requirements for agencies.
Policy
Key Cyber and Tech Provisions Included—and Excluded—from the Final NDAA
This year, provisions that were ultimately left out of the massive annual Defense authorization bill—despite in some cases bipartisan agreement across both Congressional chambers—got the most attention.
Policy
Gillibrand subs military-services style cyber academy idea for DOD scholarship program in NDAA
The new plan proposed by the New York senator would offer cyber scholarships to students at colleges and universities, followed by DOD service.
Emerging Tech
GAO: Agencies Need to Conduct Cyber Risk Assessments of IoT, OT Devices in Critical Infrastructure Sectors
A Government Accountability Office report found that the agencies responsible for managing infrastructure in the healthcare and public health, energy and transportation sectors need to better assess their cyber risk mitigation strategies.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Discuss Crypto Regulatory Bill Following FTX Collapse
Members on the Senate Agriculture Committee consider applying classic market restrictions to the digital asset marketplace with financial regulators.
Emerging Tech
DOD Creates Office to Enhance Investments in Tech Vital to National Security
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital will work with private capital providers to “shape and scale investment in critical technologies.”
Policy
Recruiting Crisis? Not at Space Force
The youngest and smallest service says it pays to be both choosy and inclusive.
Policy