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By Lauren C. Williams   House Republicans are urging President Joe Biden to increase defense spending at least 3% in the upcoming budget proposal to better compete with China and fund modernization efforts in cyber and nuclear capabilities. "We urge you to reject demands from many on the left to cut or freeze defense spending at current levels," six Republican leaders from the House Armed Services Committee wrote Biden in a letter dated March 4. "Instead, we respectfully request you continue...

A recent OMB memo tells agencies to remove contracting clauses related to Trumps diversity training executive order.

Colin Kahl, the Biden administrations pick to be the undersecretary of defense for policy, talked cyber and defense while dodging critiques on past social media posts.

While Neera Tandens nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget is in peril, it looks like Shalanda Young will have an smooth path to confirmation as the agencys number two official.

By Lauren C. Williams   The chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. (Image credit: John Hoffman/Shutterstock.com) The Air Force Academys IT infrastructure is in such dire need of modernization that its accreditation could be in jeopardy. Thats what Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the academys superintendent stressed during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on March 2. "Our IT is woefully behind where we need to be a provider of cyber excellence," Clark testified. "...

By Adam Mazmanian   The Presidential Rank Awards are back in 2021, after a one-year hiatus. The awards pay significant cash bonuses to recipients in the Senior Executive Service and individuals in senior level and scientific or professional (SL/ST) positions. An announcement from the Office of Personnel Management, which administers the awards, said that the resumption represents the Biden administrations "commitment to supporting the federal workforce and recognizing federal employees who ser...

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The governments leading cybersecurity agency is ordering all federal civilian agencies to provide a status report on its usage of Microsoft Exchange products by noon on Friday.

Quick Hits Greg Sisson has been named permanent chief information security officer at the Department of Energy. He had been serving as acting CISO for six months prior to his permanent appointment. Sisson has previously served at Energy as deputy CISO and director of cyber operations. *** The National Security Agencyissued guidance last week on the implementation of zero trust principles as a cybersecurity model. "Embracing a zero trust security model, and re-engineering an existing informati...

By Natalie Alms   The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, home to the Office of Management and Budget. (Image credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shuterstock.com) The Biden-Harris administration isnt done reversing Trump era "damage" to the federal workforce, a White House official charged with working on federal management and agency performance issues said on Monday. "In my less than one month here, Ive come to learn anecdotally and quantitatively just how systematically the federal workforce has been ...