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Essential federal employees will be eligible for vaccines in the District of Columbia next month. Employees are considered essential if they cant perform their job duties remotely or via telework and have to report to work in-person during the pandemic, according to guidance released by the District on Monday. The Phase 1C Tier 3 that covers them will open up the week of April 12. This week, employees at the Postal Service also became eligible in the district. That expansion, however, wont inc...

The intelligence communitys newly declassified report largely concludes Russia attempted to meddle in the U.S. election through influence operations but did not attempt the kinds of cyberattacks observed in 2016.

The administration has ordered a wide-ranging assessment of the risks to various supply chain. Analysts, former government officials and industry say a large workforce gap and problematic frameworks are among the threats cybersecurity poses to the countrys supply chains.

Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, says President Joe Biden discussed both the supply chain attack on SolarWinds and vulnerabilities being exploited in Microsoft Exchange with leaders of Japan, India and Australia.

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By Natalie Alms, Justin Katz, Adam Mazmanian Mar 12, 2021   President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on Thursday. The new paid leave for federal employees and the $1 billion investment in the Technology Modernization Fund and other tech provisions are now law. The House of Representatives and the Biden administration initially urged $9 billion for the TMF, but the price tag was too steep for many on the Senate side. Eventually, lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security...

By Adam Mazmanian   The House of Representatives passed the Senates version of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act Plan on Wednesday. The vote was 220-211. The signature elements of the bill include money for direct individual payments to Americans, expanded tax credits for children, an extension of enhanced unemployment benefits as well as public health measures to speed the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. But for the federal IT community, the bill will also be remembered...

Quick Hits *** Two Senate committees voted on Wednesday to advance the nomination of President Joe Bidens pick for deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget, Shalanda Young. Her nomination for the somewhat sleepy post of OMB deputy director has assumed new urgency in since Neera Tanden, Bidens pick for OMB director, dropped out of the running after Senate opposition. If confirmed, the Biden administration plans for Young to serve as acting director of OMB, White House Press Sec...

Ben Tchoubineh, the CMMC accreditation bodys chair for training and CMMC board member Nicole Dean, the chief information security officer for Accenture, have voluntarily resigned, FCW has learned.

Quick Hits *** The American Rescue Act as passed by the Senate includes $25 million for the Department of Agriculture to improve the technology behind the delivery of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, modernize benefits transfer and to push for more mobile access. *** Other tech items in the rescue package include $200 million for the U.S. Digital Service and $150 million for the Federal Citizen Services Fund. Posted by FCW Staff on Mar 10, 2021 at 2:34 AM