BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images By David DiMolfetta,Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By David DiMolfetta | September 29, 2025 06:48 PM ET A government shutdown would also occur in parallel with the lapse of a critical cyber information-sharing law that could create...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., looks on at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29, 2025, after meeting with Republican Leadership and President Donald Trump about a potential government shutdown....

Kevin Carter/Getty Images By Natalie Alms,Staff Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By Natalie Alms | September 29, 2025 05:18 PM ET Critics have said that the July executive order on “woke” AI could chill free speech, despite the administration’s stated focus on protecting...

J. David Ake/Getty Images By David DiMolfetta,Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By David DiMolfetta | September 29, 2025 05:05 PM ET A Citrix vulnerability — suspected to have led to firings of multiple FEMA technology staff — enabled the breach, which let...

GAO’s Information Technology Management Issues Director Dave Powner (center) arrive to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the 2020 Census May 8, 2018. Andrew Harnik/AP By Edward Graham,Staff Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By Edward Graham | September...

Agencies generally must provide 60-days notice to all impacted workers, meaning those employees will remain on the rolls provided a funding lapse lasts less than two months. Douglas Rissing / Getty Images By Eric Katz,Senior Correspondent By Eric Katz |...