The intent is not only to help fill specific gaps in the workforce, but also to help agencies recruit and retain employees who otherwise might choose Silicon Valley over the government.

Senators want to ensure that "spending in the last quarter of this fiscal year is not wasteful or abusive."

The committee cleared the way for multiple technology and cyber-based bills to move to the Senate floor.

There’s a bill in the works that would codify the U.S. government’s vulnerabilities equities process into law.

Two authors of the law that requires federal agencies to standardize and publish spending information say more work needs to be done to make sure the law doesn’t fall by the wayside when the next administration takes over.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved an historic resolution Wednesday, holding the CEO of online classified ad site Backpage.com in contempt of Congress for failing to testify under subpoena last November on the Website's role as a prominent vehicle for child sex trafficking.