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Senior House Democrats are pressing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for action on implementing existing law that requires the Federal government to improve digital experience for citizens including modernizing the government’s public-facing websites.
Lawmakers pushing to address the nation’s rising maternal death rate — particularly among Black women — heard testimony Thursday on what Congress can do to address the problem
Growing concern over maternal health disparities is prompting a flurry of congressional action, with lawmakers moving closer to consideration of policies that they say could reduce the rising number of maternal deaths.
The Plum Book, which lists all the positions appointed by the president, is currently released once every four years, but witnesses at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing May 3 said that the publishing schedule hinders its effectiveness and needs to be modernized.
It will take some time for the full scale and scope of President Biden’s recent executive order directing federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage for their workers starting next year to be seen.
The federal government will relax payback requirements for projects addressing urgent cybersecurity, pandemic response and IT modernization needs that draw on the $1 billion addition to the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) included in the American Rescue Plan Act.
A group of lawmakers are looking to increase protections for whistleblowers in the federal government alongside a slew of other government oversight and transparency bills introduced in recent weeks.
For Emergent BioSolutions, Feb. 8 was a day to revel in their success -- at least as far as the public was concerned.
Even as shots of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine resume across the country following a recent federally-recommended pause, new manufacturing at a key facility tasked with helping make the vaccine is still on hold.
Joe Biden's remarks before Congress on Wednesday night will be a first in more ways than one: It marks the first time the new president has spoken before the assembled lawmakers and the first time that any president will be joined by two women on the dais.