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Reversing Trump, Buttigieg reinstates local hiring program
The Transportation Department’s four-year pilot initiative will permit state and local agencies receiving federal transit or highway money to impose local hiring preferences, such as those favoring veterans, minorities and low-income workers.
This Senate bill helps states with cybersecurity
The bipartisan bill, if signed into law, would facilitate joint cybersecurity exercises between the federal government and state and local governments.
By Andrew Eversden
Georgia county’s experience shows perils of ransomware
Ransomware attacks have taken out computer systems at law enforcement agencies and local governments around the country in recent years, forcing them to revert to pen and paper for tasks typically done in an instant on computers.
States want help in defending against nation-state actors
State officials said they need more money and more information.
By Andrew Eversden
Do small businesses lack a voice in the federal marketplace?
Witnesses told the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure of challenges they faced, as well as opportunities for improvement.
By Chloe Rogers
The biggest concern for election security may be phishing
An election security official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday warned top state election officials nationwide to safeguard against fraudulent emails targeting state and local election workers.
Agencies improved on small business goals, but can do more
The Small Business Administration’s procurement scorecard shows where the government succeeded and fell short.
By Jessie Bur
Key lawmakers want to help small companies get Pentagon contracts. Here’s how.
A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators have introduced a bill to make it easier for small companies to do business with the Pentagon, through larger defense firms.
By Joe Gould
Businesses offer free and discounted services to furloughed feds
Feds impacted by the government shutdown have a few options for cutting costs while missing their paychecks.
By Jessie Bur
Alabama city built on federal dollars feeling shutdown pinch
About 70 federal agencies are located at the Army’s 38,000-acre Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. As the government shutdown drags into a third week, people and businesses that rely on some facet of Washington-backed spending for their livelihood are showing the strain.
Government shutdown: Federal ineptitude rehashed
What's been done to avoid industry pain caused by a government shutdown?
By Jill Aitoro