FCW Insider: Nov. 21
David Norquist, the deputy defense secretary and DOD's former comptroller, told Congress that the Pentagon needs to use data like the commercial sector. Lauren C. Williams has more on how the DOD's second audit played on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) won the race to succeed the late Elijah Cummings as the chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. House Democrats chose Maloney over Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who heads the Government Operations subcommittee of the Oversight panel. Maloney is the first woman to wield the Oversight gavel and brings a reputation as a strong advocate for workforce rights and federal workers. Adam Mazmanian has the story.
New cybersecurity guidance from the Office of Management and Budget updates timelines and deliverables for reporting security incidents, information sharing and vulnerability scans of federal systems and websites. Derek B. Johnson reports.
Experts warned Congress that the U.S. government has largely failed to address a number of known security shortfalls related to the 2020 and future elections. Get more on election security from Derek.
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*** The Senate's vote on a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown on Nov. 22 was delayed by one day because of procedural issues. Senators are expected to vote this afternoon on the House-passed continuing resolution that will keep government open through Dec. 20. The bill also includes accelerated Census funding, a 3.1% pay raise for uniformed military and ..
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