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Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment
The report says 11.3 million people are covered through the health law’s marketplaces, where subsidized private plans are offered. An additional 14.8 million are covered through expanded Medicaid, the report adds. All but a dozen states have accepted the law’s Medicaid expansion, which mainly serves low-income working adults. And 1 million are covered by so-called …
The riskiest smart city technologies — GCN
The riskiest smart city technologies By Stephanie Kanowitz Apr 12, 2021 Emergency alerts, street video surveillance systems and smart traffic signals are riskier than other smart city solutions, according to a new report. For their study, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, asked 76 cybersecurity experts to rank nine technologies according to …
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Garland in line to be AG
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Merrick Garland was nominated by the White House for a job, Republicans wouldn’t even meet with him. Now, the once-snubbed Supreme Court pick will finally come before the Senate, this time as President Joe Biden’s choice for attorney general. Garland, an appeals court judge, is widely expected to sail …
Biden floats $9B boost to tech modernization fund — Washington Technology
Cybersecurity Biden floats $9B boost to tech modernization fund By Justin Katz Jan 15, 2021 NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. President-elect Joe Biden today released his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes $9 billion for a fund used to improve the federal government’s IT and cybersecurity. Most of the massive …
No more delays: Time to break ground on the Obama Presidential Center | Editorial
Construction likely will start next year on the long-delayed $500 million Obama Presidential Center, a development we’ll be glad to see, at last. The Obama Foundation made a big splash in 2016 when it announced plans to build the center in Jackson Park, a 500-acre green spot, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, that once hosted …
Pandemic speeds modernization across federal agencies — Washington Technology
Acquisition Pandemic speeds modernization across federal agencies By Mark Rockwell Dec 11, 2020 NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. The initial ordeal of adapting to the pandemic IT environment has evolved into a speedier and focused view of system modernization at federal agencies, according to some federal CIOs. That initial wave of …
NDAA includes cyber czar, CISA subpoenas — Washington Technology
CYBER NDAA includes cyber czar, CISA subpoenas By Justin Katz Dec 04, 2020 NOTE: This article first appeared on FCW.com. Lawmakers on Thursday unveiled their bicameral version of the fiscal year 2021 annual defense policy bill that includes more than two dozen recommendations from a congressional cyberspace commission such as establishing a White …
Election 2020 live updates: Trump votes, campaigns in three battlegrounds as Biden is in Pennsylvania, Obama in Miami
Get the latest updates on the the election. In the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump, with 54 percent of likely voters favoring him vs. 42 percent for Trump. How to vote: Find out the rules in your state, and if you’re voting by mail, see how to make …
Coronavirus live updates: Obama says Trump ‘can’t even take the basic steps to protect himself’ from virus
Former New Jersey governor and longtime Trump ally Chris Christie published a striking op-ed in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal that laments “the polarization of something as practical as a mask,” and admits that his own failure to wear one at a White House event last month could have been fatal. “I am lucky to be …
Obama delivers scathing criticism of Trump, breaking with tradition
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former President Barack Obama delivered a searing take down of Donald Trump while presenting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the ones who will “lead this country out of these dark times.” Obama made the case for electing his former vice president and Harris, a California senator, during a live address to …
