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Federal, Industry, Policy, Workforce

Biden is pitching his economic policies as a key to a manufacturing jobs revival

August 9, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Bringing back factory jobs is one of the most popular of White House promises — regardless of who happens to be the president. Donald Trump said he’d do it with tariffs. Barack Obama said companies would start “insourcing.” George W. […]


Energy & Environment, Industry

Biden goes west to talk about his administration’s efforts to combat climate change

July 31, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah next week and is expected to talk about his administration’s efforts to combat climate change as the region endures a brutally hot summer with soaring temperatures, the White House […]


IT Policy, Tech

House takes step toward AI regulation; government study on ‘AI accountability’ due in 18 months

July 28, 2023

Via: Fox News

The House this week took a small step toward building an artificial intelligence regulatory framework by advancing a bill that asks the government to study AI accountability and report back in 2025. The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved […]


Health Care, Industry

Health insurers are dodging mental health bills, White House says

July 25, 2023

Via: POLITICO

President Joe Biden wants to force health insurance companies to pay for mental health care. Biden administration officials on Tuesday accused insurers of failing to comply with a 2008 law requiring them to put mental health care on the same […]


Energy & Environment, Industry

White House silent after John Kerry laments Ukraine war’s carbon emissions

July 17, 2023

Via: Fox News

The White House was silent when asked by Fox News Digital whether it agrees with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry’s recent comments lamenting the Ukraine war’s carbon footprint. Spokespeople for both the White House and National Security […]


Hardware & Software, Tech

Industry calls for clarity after White House extends software security form deadline

June 12, 2023

Via: FCW

Software companies and industry leaders praised a White House decision to extend the deadline for agencies to begin collecting software security attestation forms from contractors, while calling for further clarity regarding the specific details that vendors will need to provide […]


Federal, Policy

IRS faces $20B cut from modernization fund under debt ceiling agreement

May 29, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

The IRS is facing substantial cuts to funds meant to rebuild its workforce and modernize its legacy IT systems over the next decade, as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a first-ever government default. The […]


Federal, Policy

Biden campaign sees multiple ‘viable pathways’ to 2024 election win

May 18, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a […]


Federal, Policy

US, Spain collaboration on migration looms large as Biden, Sánchez hold talks at White House

May 12, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are set to hold talks Friday as their countries are collaborating along with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home […]


Federal, Policy

Biden will veto Republican-led clawback of unemployment funding, White House says

May 8, 2023

Via: FCW

President Joe Biden would veto a Republican proposal to clawback unobligated funds for unemployment modernization included in Democrats’ American Rescue Plan Act if it were to make it to his desk, the Office of Management and Budget said in a […]


Defense, Industry

Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge

May 2, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions. Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks […]


Health Care, Industry

The COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Feds and Contractors Are Officially Ending

May 1, 2023

Via: Government Executive

The White House announced on Monday it’s officially ending the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors when the public health emergency ends on May 11. Both requirements have already been on pause for a while due to legal […]


Federal, Policy

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge

April 27, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border, in a bid to slow what’s expected to be a surge of migrants seeking to cross as pandemic-era immigration restrictions end, […]


Energy & Environment, Industry

Biden to sign order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

April 21, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign an executive order that would make “environmental justice” the mission of federal agencies, the White House said. The Democratic administration wants to ensure that poverty, race and ethnic status do not lead […]


Editorial

Ending Hunger and Building Healthy Communities Across the US

April 20, 2023

Via: Natalie Dunn

Ending world hunger is undoubtedly one of the most critical issues impacting the modern world. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), approximately 828 million people worldwide lack proper food, and more than 43 million are at serious risk of […]


Health Care, Industry

Biden signs executive order to improve access to child care

April 18, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order containing more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers, the White House said Tuesday. But the directives would be funded out of existing […]


Emerging Tech & Modernization, Tech

White House budget proposal includes CX, fraud prevention

March 9, 2023

Via: FCW

The White House released its fiscal 2024 budget request on Thursday with calls for anti-fraud provisions and funding for the administration’s priority around customer experience and money for tech modernization. One priority in the budget request is the $1.6 billion […]


Federal, Hardware & Software, Policy, Tech

White House supports Senate bill that would enable US to ban TikTok

March 8, 2023

Via: TechSpot

The bipartisan Senate bill endorsed by the White House empowers Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to review deals, software updates, or data transfers by information and communications technology in which a foreign adversary has an interest, writes CNBC. There are […]


Health Care, Industry

Biden will seek Medicare changes, up tax rate in new budget

March 7, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes to boost funding for Medicare and expand the program’s ability to negotiate lower costs for prescription drugs, according to advance details of his budget proposal being released later this week. The Democratic president […]


Cybersecurity, IT Policy, Tech

Tech trade group leery of new regulations proposed in Biden’s cyber strategy

March 3, 2023

Via: FCW

A leading trade association representing the information and communications technology industries has pushed back on a series of software liability reforms featured in the new national cybersecurity strategy this week. The Information Technology Industry Council warned of overreach, implementation issues […]