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Sen. Ernst bill would monitor federal employee computer use

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Republican lawmakers are taking aim at where federal employees work, how well they work and what it takes to fire them. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) introduced or plan to introduce several bills that would impact federal employees in multiple ways. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced two bills focused on federal workers and telework. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) Ernst, the chairwoman of the Senate’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus, would move at least 30% of all employees at the Small Business Administration out of Washington,…

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Sen. Schmitt Demands Answers From State Department-Funded Censorship Org

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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., demanded Thursday that the Global Disinformation Index provide specifics on its efforts to blacklist conservative news sites, in a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. GDI, a nonprofit based in the United Kingdom, compiles lists of sites—such as conservative media outlets—that it deems as spreading “disinformation” and shares these lists with advertising firms to demonetize the outlets, the Washington Examiner first reported. Despite describing itself as “nonpolitical,” the Global Disinformation Index consistently assigns higher ratings of disinformation risk to conservative media while rating liberal…

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn: House’s Biden impeachment inquiry key to investigating foreign business deals

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Sunday that she supports the House opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden because it would unlock additional powers to investigate his family ties to foreign business deals when he was vice president. The Washington Times stories: White House

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‘Get the Facts’: Sen. Rick Scott Praises House Approach to Biden Impeachment, Calls for Mayorkas to ‘Resign’

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Sen. Rick Scott supports the House investigations of the Biden family, saying, “let’s get the facts.”  “I don’t think anybody wakes up any day and says, ‘Oh, gosh, we hope our president gets impeached.’ Nobody wants to do that,” says Scott in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal. The Florida Republican has praise for the GOP House investigations about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s involvement in alleged millions of dollars worth of foreign bribery, intimidation, and influence peddling, saying “what the House is doing is right.” Earlier…

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Sen. Grassley puts hold on Biden’s deputy VA pick

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The federal government is setting a new record for overall small business contract spending. More than a quarter of federal contracting dollars went to small businesses last year. That is well above a 23% goal set governmentwide. Ten agencies earned an A-plus on the Small Business Administration’s contracting scorecard, and another 10 received A’s. SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman said small business owners in the federal marketplace support over a million jobs, including jobs in manufacturing, construction, and research and development. (Agencies making ‘substantial progress’ toward higher small, disadvantaged contracting goal…

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Sen. Markey calls for ‘glitchy asylum app’ to be shutdown at the border

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Another military services CIO is on the move. The Air Force has made it a trifecta of military service chief information officers heading out the door. Lauren Knausenberger joined her counterparts at the Army and the Department of the Navy in deciding now was the right time to leave. The Air Force confirmed Knausenberger will be departing in June after more than two years on the job. The Air Force hopes to have a new CIO in place before she leaves. Knausenberger’s decision comes just days after Navy CIO Aaron…

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