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Committee Chairman Sen. Rob Portman makes opening comments as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner for Operations Support Robert Perez testifies before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee during a subcommittee hearing on U.S. strategy to combat illicit drugs in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations titled‘ “Stopping the Shipment of Synthetic Opioids: Oversight of U.S. Strategy to Combat Illicit Drugs” in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Photo by Glenn Fawcett

The case for remote voting by Congress strengthens as more lawmakers quarantine

Independent resolutions in the House and Senate don't specify what technology might be used in each chamber, respectively.

Mar 24, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

This team wants to teach your kids cybersecurity while they’re home from school

This virtual school could keep kids engaged while coronavirus-related school closures skyrocket.

Mar 24, 2020 By Shannon Vavra

Pentagon further restricts building access, boosting telework demand, after contractor dies

The Pentagon raised its in-person workforce restrictions to its second highest-level, HPCON-C, increasing the number of employees that will need teleworking to some degree.

Mar 23, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Contractors demand maximum telework authority as coronavirus furloughs loom

“We’re really in uncharted territory here," said the attorney leading Ward & Berry's government contracts practice.

Mar 20, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

OpenStax makes its online learning tools free

On top of the publisher's already free catalog of textbooks, online homework resources are now free to teachers and students during the public health crisis.

Mar 19, 2020 By Betsy Foresman

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Assume ‘malicious parties’ are waiting to pounce on telework traffic, NIST tells agencies

Remote access technologies are, by nature, exposed to more external cyberthreats.

Mar 19, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

OMB tells agencies to ‘minimize’ face-to-face interactions, focus on ‘mission-critical’ work

Agencies have 48 hours to consider postponing or curtailing all other activities that can't be performed remotely, as the government adopts a more "aggressive posture" in response…

Mar 18, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

LA hackathon for students moves online amid virus outbreak

The eighth annual LA Hacks event will adopt a virtual format for the first time this year to give students a chance to explore and create new…

Mar 17, 2020 By Betsy Foresman

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Some agencies finding they lack the bandwidth for ‘maximum telework’

One Department of Energy office plans to implement a staggered work schedule to reduce the strain on its systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 17, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Afghan National Army Detainee Operations Command Commanding General Maj. Gen. Ghulam Farouq talks with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense William Lietzau during lunch, May 5, 2013. Lietzau met with Afghan National Detention Facility-Parwan personnel to observe changes and progress made within the facility since its transfer to Afghan control, March 25, 2013. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Katie D. Summerhill)

DOD names permanent head of new background check agency

The DOD has tapped William Lietzau to lead the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency as its first permanent director.

Mar 17, 2020 By Jackson Barnett