Natalie Alms
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journalist who covers how the govt's tech affects you🫵@NextgovFCW, part of @GovExec. NC native, DC resident. tips - [email protected] and signal at nalms.41
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Joined August 2018
some ✨personal news✨ - I'm switching beats to cover federal tech policy; service delivery (think unemployment, food stamps, etc.) and the govt's tech workforce. if this is your jam, let's talk! find me at nalms@govexec.com.
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RT @WendyFry_: ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter
calmatters.org
A federal judge in Southern California ordered immigration authorities to provide a deaf Mongolian detainee with an interpreter. He was released from custody two weeks later.
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RT @nancyscola: More Trump, namechecking Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar: . "We buy a lot of things from Palantir.".
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The SSA Commissioner has agreed to have the agency’s inspector general audit SSA’s performance data and to publicly report a broader list of data, @SenWarren told reporters Wednesday, after SSA changed the metrics it reports publicly last month.
nextgov.com
Getting better data is essential to continued oversight, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told reporters Wednesday.
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RT @EricM_Katz: Scoop from me: the head of the White House budget office is billing his side job agency, CFPB, $4.7M for his security detai….
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RT @samstein: "The E.P.A. intends to argue that imposing climate regulations on automakers poses the real harm to human health because it w….
nytimes.com
According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
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RT @jackfitzdc: Republicans are talking about a full-year CR, followed by a series of "rifle-shot rescission packages," one after another,….
news.bgov.com
House conservatives would back another year of level funding for federal agencies, even if means continuing some Biden-era policies, rather than force a government shutdown.
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RT @seanthenewsboy: Former federal science leaders warned that a rumored 2nd rescission bill targeting science agencies as well as proposed….
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NEW: The new director of OPM -- an early DOGE stronghold -- says that he may need to reverse some staffing losses at the agency, which is projected to be down by over 1,000 employees.
nextgov.com
Though Scott Kupor said he won’t be taking orders from DOGE, though he’s “happy to partner with people” that are helpful to his overall goals for the agency.
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RT @kylegriffin1: The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering Trump's weekend trip to Scotland….
politico.com
A White House spokesperson declined to comment on if the Journal would be included in the pool in the future, either on the White House campus or on subsequent trips.
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Still -- DOGE isn't completely out. GSA had an all-hands political appointee meeting this morning that included 9 DOGE-ers, by my count.
NEW: Big leadership change at General Services Administration, a DOGE stronghold, that some employees are speculating is over DOGE fallout. The former acting head, a DOGE ally, is being replaced by Mike Rigas, a Trump longtimer and current State Department deputy director.
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NEW: Big leadership change at General Services Administration, a DOGE stronghold, that some employees are speculating is over DOGE fallout. The former acting head, a DOGE ally, is being replaced by Mike Rigas, a Trump longtimer and current State Department deputy director.
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after deny….
nytimes.com
The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.
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RT @jason_kint: Here is the full report. It’s a remarkable, eye opening read when you consider the physical, digital, and intellectual prop….
nytimes.com
In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.
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since I published this, the limited english proficiency website - - has come down.
NEW: DOJ is leading an effort to cut multilingual offerings across the government, what @AGPamBondi called "wasteful virtue-signaling.". When translations *do* happen, DOJ says agencies should use AI - but it's not offering any details on risk mitigation.
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RT @seanthenewsboy: To cap off this news heavy week. the Census Bureau has long struggled with staffing shortages. I interviewed agency em….
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RT @GovExec: Federal agencies are adjusting workforce strategies following a Supreme Court ruling, with efforts focused on aligning staffin….
govexec.com
Agencies are still finalizing decisions on whether they have "too many people in the wrong place," official says.
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RT @m_ccuri: SCOOP w/@ashleyrgold: What's inside Trump's 20-page AI action plan. EOs on "woke" AI, exports and infrastructure in the works….
axios.com
What's inside President Trump's upcoming 20-page AI action plan.
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RT @AP: BREAKING: ICE officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all Medicaid enrollees, according to an agreeme….
apnews.com
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.
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