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FITARA Enhancement Act moves forward

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Ben Berliner Extensions for certain provisions of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act moved closer to passage on July 19 with the House Oversight Committee's approval of the FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017. The bill would extend or eliminate the "sunset" dates for requirements on data center consolidation, on transparency and risk management of major IT investments…

House Oversight Passes FITARA Backup Plan

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Frank Konkel A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has a backup plan to extend provisions set to expire later this year under the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by voice vote cleared the FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017, which would extend the sunset…

Reports: GSA canceling search for new FBI headquarters site

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Meredith Somers and Jared Serbu The long, long search for a new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters is finally at its end. Not because the government has settled on one of the three sites in the running, but because the General Services Administration has decided to cancel the project altogether. GSA is expected to formally notify the three developers who had proposed…

Va. Dem calls on Pence to rescind voter data directive

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Olivia Beavers Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) called on Vice President Pence in a letter Tuesday to rescind President Trump's voter data directive that he says “is a thinly veiled effort to carry out voter suppression on a national scale." "I write to urge you, in your capacity as chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, to rescind the Commission’s directive…

Connolly Statement on Reports the Federal Government Is Canceling Search for New FBI Headquarters

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on reports that the federal government is canceling its search for a new FBI headquarters: "Reports that the federal government is pulling the plug on a new FBI headquarters reveals insurmountable Trump conflicts with GSA, FBI, and Vornado. This is devastating news. Conflicts have consequences."

Hill Democrats Question FCC’s Cybersecurity Protocols

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Edward Graham Congressional Democrats are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to review its cybersecurity protocols following a May cyberattack that knocked the agency’s commenting system offline, and ahead of online activism in support of net neutrality planned for Wednesday. Ranking House Democrats on two committees — Energy and Commerce and Oversight and Government…

Dem rep goes after Trump for fundraiser at his DC hotel

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Rebecca Savransky Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) late Wednesday criticized President Trump for holding a reelection fundraiser at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. During an interview on CNN, Connolly said he has "insisted" that Trump's "whole relationship with the Trump hotel becomes a massive conflict of interest the day he was sworn in." Connolly called it a…

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