Tag: congress
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Tension surrounding the Space Force? Congress weighs in on staffing
The large annual defense act steps into staffing issues within the Space Force, requiring roughly equal staffing between operational and acquisition positions. The National Defense Authorization Act also requires the Secretary of the Air Force to examine the Space Force’s Integrated Mission Deltas leadership and assess whether an acquisitions officer should be required to lead…
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Tension surrounding the Space Force? Congress weighs in on staffing
The large annual defense act steps into staffing issues within the Space Force, requiring roughly equal staffing between operational and acquisition positions. The National Defense Authorization Act also requires the Secretary of the Air Force to examine the Space Force’s Integrated Mission Deltas leadership and assess whether an acquisitions officer should be required to lead…
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Cybersecurity company opens headquarters in Colorado Springs
A national cybersecurity company headquartered in Virginia has added a second headquarters in Colorado Springs. The company officially opened its new location Friday, with company leadership joined by U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank. Cyberspatial is no stranger to the region as company leadership graduated from the Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation (CCTI) accelerator program two…
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Colorado’s Judge Timothy Tymkovich tells Congress more federal judges are needed
Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of Colorado, who is a member of the federal appeals court based in Denver, spoke to a congressional subcommittee on Tuesday to convey the federal judiciary’s support for adding more than five dozen new judgeships across the country. During his appearance, Tymkovich criticized former President Joe Biden for vetoing legislation in…
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Federal judge allows human trafficking lawsuit to proceed against Fort Collins motel operator
A federal judge agreed earlier this month that a lawsuit could proceed against the operator of a Fort Collins motel for allegedly violating a 20-year-old human trafficking law. The plaintiff, a transgender woman identified as P.C., alleged she was the victim of sex trafficking at the Motel 6 located at 3900 E. Mulberry Street. She claimed…
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In Notre Dame’s rise from the ashes, a message for Americans | Vince Bzdek
Our country feels like it is at an inflection point. Trust in our basic civic institutions is at historic lows. Only 22% of U.S. adults say they trust the federal government to do the right thing, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Around 7 in 10 Americans have an unfavorable view…
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4 federal judges in Colorado advocate for Congress to create new judgeships
Four federal judges from Colorado were among the hundreds of signatories this month to a letter urging Congress to pass legislation creating 66 new judgeships in trial courts across multiple presidential administrations — starting next year with President-elect Donald Trump. This summer, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the JUDGES Act, which would increase the size of…
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Senate approves bill to give Colorado 2 more federal judges
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill on Thursday that would add judgeships to Colorado’s federal trial court for the first time in 40 years. The bipartisan JUDGES Act would expand the size of district courts across the country in two-year increments over the next decade. Colorado’s U.S. District Court currently has seven presidentially appointed…
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Who took the right and wrong out of politics? | Vince Bzdek
Three snapshots of the state of politics in 2024: • Last week, Dave Williams and the increasingly isolated leadership team of the Colorado Republican Party urged Coloradans in a social media post to “burn all the Pride flags” and evoked a notorious anti-gay slur in a mass email that said “God hates Flags.” Attorney General…