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New York’s state delegates vote to support Kamala Harris at DNC
With the support of New York’s delegates, the vice president now has enough votes to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.
Opinion: How Joe Biden’s decision is relevant to nonprofit leadership
We all need to know when to step down, before it hurts the institution.
New design for next-gen UK-Italy-Japan fighter unveiled
But it’s no longer clear that Britain wants to prioritize a sixth-generation jet—much like the U.S. Air Force.
Biden looks to preserve tech, cyber legacy with veto threat
Experts see continuity in tech policy from the Biden administration to a possible Kamala Harris presidency, with possible divergence on some national security and antitrust issues.
New anti-immigration laws' real focus is the U.S. Supreme Court, report says
A liberal group warns that laws in Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas that criminalize illegal entry into the country could give the conservative high court a chance to overturn a 2012 decision limiting state and local power over immigration.
US risks learning the wrong lessons about Ukraine’s drones, expert says
Ukraine is increasingly using drones for mining and resupply, even as drone use analysis focuses on strikes.
Hochul explains her Harris endorsement
After President Biden announced he would not seek reelection, the governor played “phone tag” with the vice president.
NY Black women electeds rallied for Harris on massive Sunday night Zoom call
City Council Member Selvena Brooks Powers said, “I’m willing to put my chucks on and dust them off a little bit.”
On NY’s left, some ‘newfound hope’ in Kamala Harris
After lackluster support for Biden, some progressive lawmakers in New York are already making plans to campaign for a Democratic ticket with Harris at the top.
Can Biden’s arsenal-of-democracy foreign policy outlast him?
The president's focus on alliance building will be hard to replicate.
The devil is in the (financial reporting) details
States and localities don’t have the manpower to handle the current load of burdensome financial reporting requirements—let alone the series of new ones announced yearly. They're pushing back.
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IRS procurement office undergoes overhaul to improve efficiency
The agency's assistant chief procurement officer explains how its new alignment and "tiger teams" aim to address inconsistency and enhance customer service.
General Dynamics IT cleared to proceed on $308M GSA award
The General Services Administration fends off a protest against its choice of GDIT for the five-year task order to modernize the agency's assisted acquisition tool.
Energy sticks with first choice for $377M training support contract
Nine companies bid as part of this corrective action for the five-year award focused on Energy's National Training Center.
Biden briefed on CrowdStrike IT outage as multiple federal systems impacted
Social Security offices closed on July 19 due to the incident. It will be “time-consuming” for all affected systems to undo the damage because the process is manual, one expert says.
Biden administration tightens broker access to Healthcare.gov to thwart rogue sign-ups
In the first six months of the year, more than 200,000 people reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that they were either enrolled in Obamacare plans or switched from one plan to another without their permission.
Maryland is on track to process a nearly 50-year-old backlog of rape kits
A new law extends the state’s sexual assault evidence protections to cover DNA samples. But getting justice in hundreds of cold cases will require more than just testing, survivors say.
Unions applaud ‘most pro-union president in history’ following Biden’s decision to end campaign
Labor leaders said their goal remains to defeat Trump’s bid to return to the White House next year.
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