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Trump Science Adviser Stresses the Benefits of Private Research Funding

Kelvin Droegemeier tells academic groups he favors stronger industry ties.

  • By Charles S. Clark

Here’s What Technology Modernization Fund Dollars Are Doing Now

Three projects have awarded contracts so far and two have already spent a combined $6 million to date.

  • By Aaron Boyd

White House Unveils a National Artificial Intelligence Initiative

The executive order calls for agencies to focus on AI, but details and funds are sparse.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Latest Technology Modernization Fund Award Will Support Governmentwide Payroll Project

With the seventh project award, the fund has just under $11 million left.

  • By Aaron Boyd

White House CIO Needs Contractor to Help with App Development

The Office of the CIO put out a notice on a new five-year contract to assist with all sorts of application management needs.

  • By Aaron Boyd

OPM Announces Change In IT Leadership

The government’s human resources department is getting a new CIO and deputy.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Trump Calls for Unity but Highlights Divisions That Sparked Shutdown

In his state of the union address, the president praised the work of some federal employees, criticized others for misbehavior.

  • By Eric Katz

America’s Misbegotten Cyber Strategy

The Trump administration’s National Cyber Strategy rests on a pair of convenient fictions.

  • By Amy Zegart, The Atlantic

The Shutdown is Over

And one lawmaker wants to make sure it never happens again.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Trump Announces Deal to End Longest-Ever Shutdown — For Now

Congress is expected to quickly pass a new stopgap spending measure to reopen the government through Feb. 15.

  • By Eric Katz

Chamber of Commerce Says Shutdown has Cost Small Businesses $2.3 Billion

Small government contractors are choosing between laying off employees and going out of business.

  • By Frank Konkel

Trump’s New Science Adviser Arrived Just in Time for a Shutdown

Science advocacy groups take turns imploring leaders to open agencies.

  • By Charles S. Clark

Second Furlough Notice and Another Missed Paycheck Appear Likely for Shutdown Feds

Congress skips town with key deadlines pending for furloughed and excepted federal workers.

  • By Eric Katz

Waiting for a Shutdown to End in Disaster

Aides on Capitol Hill fear that a dramatic government failure may be the only thing to force President Trump and the Democrats back to the table.

  • By McKay Coppins, The Atlantic

10 Things to Know About Government Reorganizations

The “soft” stuff turns out to be the hard stuff.

  • By Alan P. Balutis

Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration's Citizenship Question on Census

State and local governments are among the groups that have objected to the Census asking about citizenship status.

  • By Bill Lucia

A Warning for Elected Officials on Social Media—Court Says Don't Block Critics

A social media page can be the equivalent of a public meeting, a federal appellate court found for the first time last week.

  • By Laura Maggi

Amid Shutdown, Feds Figure Out Ways to Fund Food Stamp Benefits. For Now.

States have until Jan. 20 to request an early issuance to make sure they receive February SNAP funding.

  • By Laura Maggi

House Approves Spending Bill With 1.9 Percent Civilian Pay Raise in Latest Attempt to Reopen Government

Measure is the first of four the House plans to take up; President Trump walked out of a meeting with congressional leadership Wednesday after Democrats declined to support his $5.7 billion border wall funding demand.

  • By Erich Wagner

Trump Threatens Year-Long Shutdown, Says Feds Don’t Mind Missing Paychecks

“The people that won’t get next week’s pay, or the following weeks pay, if you ever really looked at those people they’d say, ‘Mr. President please keep going,’” Trump said.

  • By Eric Katz