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Kirstjen Nielsen will serve as the DHS new chief of staff.

Philadelphia became the first city in the nation to bar employers from asking potential hires to provide their salary history.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has reintroduced the Email Privacy Act that would require government agents to get a warrant to look at your emails.

The FTC has filed a complaint against D-Link, a computer networking equipment manufacturer, for failing to take reasonable steps to protect the security measures of its baby monitors, cameras, and home internet routers.

The Obama administration has designated the country’s election infrastructure as ‘critical,’ to add federal protections to voting systems.

Cybersecurity is out of control. Literally. 

Tom Bossert, a former national security aide to President George W. Bush, will serve as Donald Trump's homeland security adviser in the White House.

The Partnership for Public Service released the 2016 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings that show a 1.3-point rise in federal employee engagement compared to 2015, for a score of 59.4 out of 100.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced its proposal to require airlines and ticket agents to disclose in advance to consumers if the carrier operating their flight allows passengers to make voice calls using mobile wireless devices.