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Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency

April 4, 2025 Fires, Trump, Abruptly, 4star, security, National, Agency, general, headed0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. Senior military leaders were informed Thursday of the firing of Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, who also oversaw the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, the officials said. They received no advance notice about the decision to remove a four-star general with a 33-year career in intelligence and cyber operations, according to the officials, who…

IRS ‘prepared’ for 2025 filing season, but potential spending cuts loom for the agency

January 10, 2025 prepared, Potential, 2025, Filing, cuts, loom, spending, season, Agency0 comment

The Internal Revenue Service is preparing for a tax season that will look quite different for 2025, with the coming expansion of the agency’s Direct File program and other modernization efforts — but also a looming possibility of further IRS spending cuts led by Republican lawmakers. For the 2025 tax filing season, the IRS’ Direct File program will be available in 25 states, more than doubling the 12 states where the IRS-run online filing system was an option for taxpayers in 2024. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns on…

The federal workforce is growing, as House appropriators consider agency spending cuts

July 2, 2024 federal, Agency, consider, workforce, appropriators, House, growing, cuts, spending0 comment

With a net gain of more than 80,000 civilian employees during fiscal 2023, the federal workforce posted yet another year of growth. Between 2019 and 2023, more than 140,000 employees joined the civil service, an increase of about 7%, according to data that the non-partisan, non-profit Partnership for Public Service compiled and released this week. The majority of the growth in the past couple of years occurred in 2023 alone — the federal workforce grew by 4% in just that one year, the Partnership said. The latest increase brings the…

Major Corporations Employ DEI Agency to Feature ‘Underrepresented’ Communities in Commercials

June 12, 2024 Agency, Major, Communities, commercials, Employ, ‘Underrepresented’, Feature, corporations0 comment

Some of the world’s largest companies are hiring a nonprofit agency to make their commercials appear diverse. It’s called Free to Work, and it matches companies with minorities to star in their photo shoots and advertisements. Free the Work partners with Amazon, Google, Snapchat, Meta, Uber, Haagen-Dazs, Verizon, Target, and others to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in media campaigns. The nonprofit brought in more than $ 2.5 million in 2022, according to its 990 report, a financial statement filed by tax-exempt organizations. Free the Work has made two commercials…

CISA makes significant progress deploying EDR tools on agency systems

May 3, 2024 progress, Agency, significant, tools, Systems, Deploying, CISA, makes0 comment

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is making progress toward deploying, onto agency systems, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools. CISA Director Jen Easterly said her agency has completed EDR deployments at eight federal agencies, with five more in progress. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee yesterday, Easterly said the EDR tools allow CISA to identify cyber attacks on agency networks within minutes. Within just the last six months, Easterly said the cyber agency has detected more than 1,900 threats on federal networks using the new tools. (Witness testimony…

Meet the new chief scientist at the government’s premier oversight agency

December 23, 2023 oversight, Government's, Agency, premier, Meet, Chief, scientist'0 comment

The Government Accountability Office, the chief oversight arm of Congress , has a new chief scientist. He joins the agency after having been chief scientist at Noblis, a nonprofit research and consulting institute with many federal clients. For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Dr. Sterling Thomas. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin Well, first of all, why the jump from the private, nonprofit sector into government in the congressional branch? Sterling Thomas Yeah, it was a tough decision, actually. I’ve had a nice, long and very wonderful career at…