Ask Kevin: What’s the legal basis for the Part B late enrollment fee?
A reader asks if the enrollment penalty is statutory.
By Kevin Moss
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Ask Kevin: Why am I paying IRMAA on top of my Medicare Part B premium?
A reader asks why they are subject to a Medicare Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount
By Kevin Moss
Recalculating: GPS, L-band and the Pentagon’s untenable position on 5G
Why does the Defense Department continue to blitz the executive and legislative branches with claims that an FCC order will endanger military operations and harm the economy? Is the GPS system truly that fragile?
By Daniel S. Goldin
Fed will provide monthly disclosures on support programs
The central bank is “committed to transparency and accountability by providing the public and Congress detailed information about our actions to support the economy during this difficult time,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said.
Air Force works to ‘mitigate’ Ligado deal’s impact on GPS
Gen. David Goldfein and other Pentagon officials are "very concerned" after the FCC approved Ligado's L-band request on Monday.
By Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna
Senate panel backs assessment that Russia interfered in 2016
This is the fourth of five reports the Senate panel will release on the subject.
Court decides Pentagon can reevaluate parts of JEDI procurement
Meanwhile, top congressional Democrats are unhappy about the White House's refusal to participate in the inspector general investigation.
By Andrew Eversden
Pentagon IG finds JEDI contract didn’t violate law, but ethical questions remain
While a long-awaited inspector general report on the Pentagon's JEDI cloud found that the procurement followed the law, the IG did find ethical violations and post-award mistakes.
By Andrew Eversden
FCC to approve spectrum plan that Pentagon claims will harm GPS
The Pentagon and other government agencies have fought for years to keep Ligado Networks from getting approval to use L-Band spectrum, but that fight appears to be on its last legs.
By Aaron Mehta and Mike Gruss
The IRS wants its own version of ‘The Sims’
The IRS is asking industry for technology that can simulate real-life events.
By Andrew Eversden
Lost in space: Time to rethink the Space Launch System
The United States may return to the moon, but the costs might be out of this world before anyone lands there again.
By Sean Kennedy
Panel wants to double federal spending on AI
A congressionally mandated panel of technology experts has issued its first set of recommendations for the government, including increasing the amount of money spent on artificial intelligence.
By Aaron Mehta