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Ben Fox And Frank Bajak
FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file) December 14, 2020 - 8:56 PM
WASHINGTON - U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion suspected of being carried out by Russian hackers.
Revamping Federal Climate Science
December 15, 2020, 5:00 am Getty/Liu Shiping/Xinhua
Sam Hananel
Ari Drennen
Introduction and summary
The United States has been the global leader in climate science for decades. Unfortunately, progress has slowed and in some cases, even moved backward over the past four years, with the Trump administration dismantling core elements of the federal climate science apparatus. As the country and the planet head toward an increasingly unstable climate, the U.S. government needs to get back to the business of being the preeminent source of trusted applied science that supports climate change mitigation and adaptation decision-making of governments and civilian stakeholders.
Quick Hits
Department of Commerce found that agency head
Wilbur Ross did not notify the Ethics Law and Programs Division about his participation in meeting that included discussion of sectors in which Ross has significant personal investments. The report did not allege any criminal conduct but did say some of Ross s activities created an appearance of impropriety. The IG report also looked at Ross s many short sales of stock, and found evidence supporting a finding he used his office for private gain.
The Office of Personnel Management issued a question-and-answer document on how to implement aspects of an executive order that makes it easier to fire federal employees through closer tracking of probation period performance, curtailing unofficial performance improvement plans and eliminating tables of penalties from collective bargaining agreements.
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