It’s arguable that few agencies better exemplified the Obama administration’s approach to technology, innovation and their combination in government than the U.S. Digital Service.
Formed as a continuation of the private sector tech experts who helped salvage Healthcare.gov, the USDS has since grown and expanded to become the go-to team for managing difficult digital projects… Read more »
A Republican bill to replace Obamacare would lead to 14 million fewer Americans with health insurance by 2018 and 24 million by 2026, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday in an analysis that could make the controversial legislation even tougher for GOP leaders to push through Congress.
Most of the initial increase in uninsured people in 2018 would come from consumers… Read more »
Suzan DelBene had a long career in technology before coming to Congress. The Washington state Democrat served as CEO and president of Nimble Technology, a business software company, and spent 12 years at Microsoft.
“Updating our laws to reflect the way the world works in the 21st century has been one of my top priorities in Congress,” she says. “When current law… Read more »
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced four members of the U.S. House of Representatives as the association's 2017 Digital Patriot Honorees.
Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Will Hurd (R-TX) will be honored at CTA's 13th annual Digital Patriots Dinner at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery on… Read more »
Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare, on a fast track through Congress, puts at risk our state's Medicaid program and reduces access to coverage for "our most vulnerable citizens," the president of the Washington State Medical Association said Thursday.
The warning, from Dr. Shane Macaulay, supports an analysis delivered Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee.
Under the… Read more »
Faced with sky-high private sector wages and turbulent-to-tanking morale, the U.S. government at all levels faces a worsening shortage of capable technologists, in part because of an exodus of top talent in key cybersecurity positions within the intelligence community.
Getting highly sought-after people to come work for the government longterm is one question, but… Read more »
For more than seven years, Republicans have complained about the so-called Cadillac tax on the most expensive job-based health-insurance plans. But their health-care legislation—which abolishes the rest of the 2010 health law’s major tax increases—doesn’t repeal the tax.
Instead, they propose to postpone the tax’s start date from 2020 to 2025, a concession… Read more »
On March 7, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D–Mich.) and Rep. Suzan DelBene (D–Wash.–1) both introduced the Timber Innovation Act, advocating for tall wood building construction—structures built with mass timber at a minimum of 85 feet tall—to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives after a similar bills expired in 2016. The bill outlines the various steps that… Read more »
Movie producers, when they expect poor reviews, often won’t screen a movie for film critics before it’s released, pinning their hopes on advertising and hype to sell tickets.
Something similar must have been behind House Republicans’ release of their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
President Trump is offering up hype via Twitter: “healthcare… Read more »
Seattle-area Reps. Dave Reichert and Suzan DelBene stuck with their respective parties in Thursday’s predawn hours, as a Republican-backed bill to abolish large portions of former President Obama’s health-care law moved forward.
Reichert voted with his fellow Republicans to advance the bill through the House Ways and Means Committee, while DelBene sided with every Democrat in… Read more »
