Joni Ernst Archives

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

OMB nominee Russell Vought dodges Schedule F question

Any talks with Trump about the policy to ease federal agency firings “are private deliberations,” he said.

Jan 15, 2025 By Matt Bracken

SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman testifies before the House Committee on Small Business in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

SBA moving ahead with upgrades to certification system despite GOP protest

The agency’s modernization project will start Aug. 1 after top Republicans on the Senate and House Small Business committees asked for a delay.

Jul 19, 2024 By Matt Bracken

SBA building — U.S. Small Business Administration offices. (GAO photo).

Ernst seeks information about SBA’s artificial intelligence use cases, IT work

In a letter, the Senate Republican questioned why the SBA hadn’t disclosed artificial intelligence uses in its inventory, alleging the agency was out of compliance.

May 31, 2024 By Madison Alder

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst speaks during the third installment of The Senate Project at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on June 12, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Sen. Ernst calls for federal IGs to investigate employees ‘phoning it in’ during telework

In addition to impacts on service delivery, Ernst wants to know worksite attendance rates at each agency and if steps have been taken "to adjust bureaucrats’ location-based…

Aug 30, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 21: Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) listens as Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

Bill to streamline federal agency tech acquisition introduced in Senate

It is the latest legislative proposal intended to upskill the federal acquisition workforce.

Jul 27, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

Gen. Stephen Lyons, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, USTRANSCOM senior enlisted leader, met with Airmen during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on Nov. 16, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes)

Transportation Command is looking to CMMC to secure its vulnerable contractors

U.S. Transportation Command relies heavily on data and is working to improve the data sharing agreements it has with contractors to better protect its data.

Feb 25, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

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

Senate’s new AI caucus will work toward ‘responsible policy’

The group will help connect members of Congress and their staff to AI experts from academia, the private sector and other areas of government.

Mar 13, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier