The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

The new contract is designed to evolve the service into a next-generation, modular architecture enabling identity proofing, credentialing and authentication.

Varonis Systems (VRNS) was in focus on Wednesday after the cybersecurity company offered up weaker-than-expected guidance and third-quarter sales, citing weakness in its federal business. Shares plunged nearly 30% in premarket trading.

The following excerpt is drawn from the Prologue of Disaster Nation, a new book by David J. Alexander that examines how America’s disaster response system has become reactive, fragmented, and fiscally unsustainable. In this opening scene, Alexander ...

The plaintiffs argue that the system violates their First and Fourth Amendment rights by turning everyday life in New York into a continuous police search.

The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident.

IF YOU’RE HEADED WEST. AND RIGHT NOW, THE HIRING PROCESS IN IOWA IS SHIFTING. THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR ALL STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO USE FEDERAL SYSTEMS TO VERIFY EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY AND CITIZENSHIP.

Keller Mayor Armin Mizani proposed requiring city contractors to use the E-Verify system to ensure lawful employment on local projects.

The warning comes in the days after Biden's inauguration. Using a federal system designed to warn all Americans about terrorist threats to the U.S. homeland, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that anger "fueled by false narratives ...