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Agreement helps military spouses keep federal jobs in overseas moves
Here's how an agreement between the Pentagon and State Department will help federally employed military spouses move their jobs overseas in a PCS.
By Karen Jowers
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Jill Biden helps launch new employer challenge for military spouses
The spouse employment initiative is an effort to "stave off a national security crisis."
By Karen Jowers
Biden to pick Buttigieg as transportation chief, sources say
The decision leaves the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, poised to become the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Biden picks Lloyd Austin, retired Army general, to lead Pentagon
Austin would require a wavier from Congress to serve.
Top secret: Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief
Joe Biden on Monday got his first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top secret summary of U.S. intelligence and world events.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19
Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades
The U.S. on Tuesday carried out its first federal execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.
FBI faces wrongful death lawsuit from 2017 school shooting
According to the lawsuit, the agency received information that the shooter posted online, seeking advice on acquiring a cheap assault rifle to commit a mass shooting at Aztec High.
GSA’s first data expert is leaving government
The General Services Administration's first chief data officer, Kris Rowley, will be leaving for the private sector after nearly two decades of government service.
By Jessie Bur
Insight Is 2020: What feds should watch for in the new year
Many of the issues and initiatives that featured prominently in 2019 have the potential to carry over into the new year. Here are some of the major sticking points feds should keep an eye on.
By Jessie Bur and Andrew Eversden
TSA in queue for the cloud
The Transportation Security Administration's current plans to ween off of its legacy IT systems require "elasticity of storage and computing capability."
By Andrew Eversden
FCC auction could cripple first responders’ ability to do their jobs
The Federal Communication Commission's planned sale of spectrum used by first responders could force organizations that rely on the spectrum to relocate or build new systems to be able to operate.
By Chloe Rogers