Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Archives

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs

Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and federal workers on Oct. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

OPM planning four-month trial for online retirement system later this year

Details of the pilot come as the applications backlog attracts further scrutiny from lawmakers.

Aug 7, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

FedRAMP reform bill to be considered by Senate lawmakers in coming weeks

The bipartisan FedRAMP Authorization Act has momentum in Congress and is likely to progress through the upper chamber, according to two senior policy experts with visibility of…

Nov 23, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Senate corridor, Capitol Building, hallway, Congress — A Senate corridor in the U.S. Capitol Building. (Getty Images)

Senate committee calls for FISMA to be revamped

The Committee on Homeland Security Government and Affairs advocates stricter rules on breach notification.

Aug 3, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones