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Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
As Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have sought to gut and remake the federal government to their liking, federal workers have changed how they communicate with one another and with friends. They have locked down communication channels, migrated to new platforms, and what was once skepticism has grown into deep distrust — not just of their boss’s boss’s boss,…
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Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury records
A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records containing personal information like Social Security numbers early this morning, reports Inner City Press. The order is in response to a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York’s Southern District Court. The suit alleges that the administration exceeded its authority, broke the US Administrative Procedures Act, and violated…
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CISA Adds Four Vulnerabilities to Catalog for Federal Enterprise
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US Government sued after mass emails to federal workforce allegedly sent from insecure server – Computerworld
The OPM, of course, has form when it comes to data security. In 2015, it detected a huge data breach affecting 22.1 million employee records, including PII such as social security numbers. That led to Congressional hearings and several government reports that identified a depressing list of underlying causes. But with this history in mind, the idea that an unknown…
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Trump tasks federal agencies with drafting a new AI action plan within 180 days – Computerworld
“This Executive Order establishes the commitment of the United States to sustain and enhance America’s dominance in AI to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security,” Trump said in the order. Repealing Biden-era AI restrictions The new order reverses a 2023 executive order by then-President Joe Biden that imposed stringent regulations on AI developers. Biden’s policy required companies to…
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Climate group that called for Gaza ceasefire risks losing federal funding
An alliance of grassroots environmental groups could lose $60 million in federal funding after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) was named one of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “grantmakers” more than a year ago, putting it in charge of distributing subgrants for locally led environmental projects. But out of 11 of the EPA’s grantmakers, the…
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CISA orders federal agencies to secure Microsoft 365 tenants
CISA has issued this year’s first binding operational directive (BOD 25-01), ordering federal civilian agencies to secure their cloud environments by implementing a list of required secure configuration baselines (SCBs). While CISA has only finalized the SCBs for Microsoft 365, it plans to release additional baselines for other cloud platforms, starting with Google Workspace (anticipated to enter scope in Q2 of…
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Federal judge slaps down Automattic, granting temporary injunction to WP Engine in ongoing WordPress squabble – Computerworld
One open source executive read the judge’s decision and said he was concerned that the ruling might have come too late to halt the damage done to the open source community. “WP Engine wins a battle, but everyone continues to lose the war. WP Engine has had (about a) 15% increase in cancellations in the last few months, and 159…
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Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers
Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this…
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Electric Vehicles & Plug-In Hybrids Qualifying for Federal Tax Credit
To qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500, a new EV or eligible plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) must meet certain rules: • A vehicle’s MSRP must not exceed certain limits, so pricey EVs like the GMC Hummer EV, Lucid Air, and Tesla Model S won’t qualify. For SUVs, pickup trucks, and vans, the threshold is $80,000. For sedans,…
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