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The Cybersecurity 202: The Biden administration will prioritize cybersecurity in the distribution of $1 billion in federal IT funding Tonya Riley with Aaron Schaffer Cybersecurity defenses will take top priority in the spending of  $1 billion in tech modernization funding passed by Congress earlier this year, according to plans shared first with The Cybersecurity 202. The Office of Management and Budget and General Services Administration will also prioritize projects addressing critical IT modernization, public-facing services and cross-agency programs. “We plan t...

The Technology 202: Kamala Harris will lead the Biden administration's push to bring every American online Cat Zakrzewski with Aaron Schaffer Vice President Harris will lead the Biden administration's unprecedented effort to ensure every American has access to affordable, high-speed Internet.  President Biden announced the veep would take the lead on the issue during his first address to a slimmed-down joint session of Congress, where he touted his proposal to create new jobs through investment in expanding Internet access. Biden said his Americans Jobs Plan, which inclu...

The reserve would provide backup talent to the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.

Quarterly reports yesterday from Alphabet and Microsoft underscore how the industry is continuing to benefit from the digital transformation ushered in by widespread stay-at-home policies.

The Technology 202: Software company Basecamp restricts talk of politics and social issues at work Cat Zakrzewski with Aaron Schaffer Basecamp is telling employees to keep chatter about politics or social issues out of work, amid growing limits on employee speech across the tech industry.   Jason Fried, the CEO of the Chicago-based software company, wrote in a blog post that such conversations were a “major distraction” and “not healthy,” and he said the company was finished hosting them on internal workplace tools.  “Sensitivities are at 11, and every discu...