The Postal Service, as an independent agency, is setting its own rules on masks and vaccines apart from the rest of the federal workforce, but is seeing an uptick in employees who need to quarantine as the delta variant of COVID-19 presents new challenges for the agency.
House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the latest agency grades on progress around IT modernization goals.
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis urged Congress to stand up a Bureau of Cyber Statistics within the Department of Homeland Security that would collect, analyze and publish data on cybersecurity, cyber-crime and threats.
Contractor employees who haven’t done so already need to roll up those sleeves and get a vaccination — that is, if they want to go back on site.
As employees were forced to work from home, companies and government agencies had to expand their IT infrastructure to accommodate an increased risk in networks, especially from insider threats, according to Tommy Todd, vice president of security at Code42.
One of the clearest distinctions that OPM addresses is the difference in telework and remote work. As OPM makes clear, they are completely different and choosing one or the other has significant implications for agencies and workers.
The White House wants to change how it employs the law that oversees agency cybersecurity efforts, while Congress is also eyeing reform legislation.
