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Federal, military credit unions offer shutdown financial assistance
Senate Democratic leaders and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., face a looming Oct. 1 deadline to avoid a government shutdown
Feds: DeVos used personal emails for work in ‘limited’ cases
The agency's Office of Inspector General, which was investigating at the request of House Democrats, said it searched the department's email system and found a "limited" number of messages to or from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' personal accounts.
Federal Hot Take podcast episode 3: Personal data in the federal system
In this episode of Federal Hot Take, Mike Gruss, editor of C4ISRNET and Fifth Domain, is joined by Jessie Bur, associate editor of Federal Times, and Justin Lynch, associate editor of Fifth Domain. The group talks about why the federal government needs so much personally identifiable information, how the Office of Personnel and Management hack of 2014 changed how government leaders think about data and why even the smallest bit of information can help a hacker gain the credentials they need.
Report finds Interior secretary violated agency travel policies
A new report out of the Department of Interior Office of Inspector General found that Secretary Ryan Zinke had violated agency travel policies.
By Jessie Bur
Foreign government hackers target US senators, aides’ Gmail
On Thursday, Google spokesman Aaron Stein confirmed that his company had notified the Senate targets.
Congressman Duncan Hunter, wife plead not guilty to charges
They are charged with using his campaign account for personal spending.
Is that email a phishing campaign? Flip a coin.
Phishing attacks show no signs of slowing down, according to a new report.
By Justin Lynch
How a zero trust model can help agencies evolve against digital threats
Government agencies are realizing traditional perimeter security must become a thing of the past.
By Patrick Sullivan
Director: FBI won’t repeat errors noted in watchdog report
The report blasted FBI actions during the 2016 investigation into whether Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, had mishandled classified information on her private email server when she was secretary of state.
Trump’s unsecured communications criticized as ‘reckless’
Democrats blast Trump's alleged vulnerable cellphone and internet use.
By Justin Lynch
What’s in the technology modernization board’s first awards
The Technology Modernization Board awarded nearly half of its 2018 funding to three agency IT modernization programs.
By Jessie Bur