Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., a top federal IT advocate on Capitol Hill, has called for the Office of Personnel Management to rescind its recent guidance pushing for federal agencies to redesignate chief information officer roles in a way that could make them more political.

Washington, D.C.-area Democrats are urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate the staff fired from HHS and the National Institute of Health. The initiative,

Rep. Gerry Connolly, the ranking member of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, said the CIOs should remain career-reserve SES positions.

Overall in D.C., more than twice as many people have filed for unemployment insurance this year than did during the same period last year.