Angus King Archives

From left, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Angus King, I-Maine, speak to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GAO tells senators it will investigate IRS’s Free File program

The watchdog said in a letter to Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Angus King and Ron Wyden that it will honor their request to probe Free File following the…

1 day ago By Matt Bracken

Advocates gather in Washington, D.C., to call out tax prep companies like Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block for blocking simplified filing and to support IRS exploration of alternative free tax filing on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Senators seek GAO probe of IRS’s Free File program

The Trump administration has touted the tax agency’s oft-criticized Free File partnership with tax companies after it eliminated Direct File following heavy industry lobbying.

May 18, 2026 By Matt Bracken

Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on the department’s budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Energy secretary signals reversal of some cuts to national labs

The White House budget proposal calls for $2.75 billion in cuts to the national laboratories, but Chris Wright told senators he’s “very open” to expanding the budget…

Jun 18, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Sen. Rob Portman (U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Flickr)

Senators look to expand streamlined permitting to national security technology sectors

Semiconductors, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, quantum information science, and cybersecurity are among the technologies that would be covered.

Dec 1, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Sen. Angus King (U.S. Department of Agriculture / Flickr)

After news of SolarWinds breach, Capitol Hill turns attention to CISA

CISA's cyber-protection teams can only do so much without enhanced threat-hunting authority — and with a vacancy in leadership looming large, lawmakers said.

Dec 15, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Dana Deasy, DOD CIO — Dana Deasy, DOD Chief Information Officer, hosts a roundtable discussion on the enterprise cloud initiative with reporters, Aug. 9, 2019, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (DOD / Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Carroll)

Politics did not influence JEDI decision, Deasy says

DOD designed the JEDI acquisition process so that the contracting officers who made the decision on the contract were kept anonymous and insulated from political influences, according…

Oct 29, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Edtech amendments to No Child Left Behind rewrite focus on Internet access after school

The rewrite, currently being debated in the Senate, includes 29 amendments. One would create an innovative grant program to engage kids on the Internet out of school.

Jul 9, 2015

Senators add voices to ‘digital equity’ issue, introduce bill

On the same day that the FCC voted to modernize the Lifeline program to include broadband services, Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., introduced…

Jun 22, 2015