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Agency IT executives continue to be frustrated over the disconnect between the desire to make risk-based decisions and to comply with laws and policies. A major source of that frustration comes from how slowly agency inspectors general are moving to this new approach to cybersecurity. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller writes about this ongoing challenge in his weekly feature Inside the Reporter’s Notebook. Jason joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what’s going on.
September 21, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region's government contractors. The awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, celebrate high achievers. Chris Cusano is the Executive Vice President of NT Concepts, and a finalist for this year's GovCon Contractor of the Year award in the up-to-75-million dollars in sales category. He spoke on In Depth with Francis Rose about how the government is shifting towards best value over lowest cost when considering contractors.
September 21, 2015 -
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In this week's Inside the Reporter's Notebook, as the Office of Management and Budget finalizes new FISMA metrics for 2016, agencies and IGs continue to struggle with a disconnect over risk versus compliance.
September 21, 2015 -
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The Joint IT Single Service Provider-Pentagon is moving toward full operational capability and the lessons from the effort will influence similar efforts in the future.
September 21, 2015 -
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DoT CIO Richard McKinney said he's not buying any new hardware and will not approve IT spending plans unless they get the program off of legacy infrastructure.
September 21, 2015 -
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Attorney Bob Metzger with Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the federal government's cybersecurity policies and regulations including the new DFARS cyber rule. September 15, 2015
September 18, 2015 -
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In a recent memo Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall gives milestone decision authority of some programs to the military service secretaries.
September 18, 2015 -
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On Wednesday, DISA released a request for information as it prepares to migrate its Enterprise Email service to a commercially-hosted cloud and telling industry that it wants the new solution to beat the current system's costs by 50 percent.
September 18, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, honor the leadership, innovation and commitment to excellence of the individuals and businesses in the region's government contracting sector. George McKenzie, CEO of Defense Point Security is one of the finalists for this year's Gov Con contractor of the year award in the up-to-$25-million category. He shared some recent contracting trends he's seen on In Depth with Francis Rose.
September 18, 2015 -
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The end of the fiscal year means companies will try some things they don't normally try to book some business before Sept. 30. Bidding in a reverse auction is one possibility to do that. Marci Love Thomas, senior counsel for the Government Contracts Practice at the General Counsel law firm joined In Depth with Francis Rose for Industry Chatter. She said some companies learned the hard way the rules are the rules and late is late when it comes to reverse auctions.
September 17, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region's government contractors. The award, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, celebrate high achievers. Eric Bjornlund is the president of Democracy International and a finalist for this year's GovCon Contractor of the Year award in the $25 million in sales category. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on his nomination.
September 17, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses in the region's government contracting sector. The awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, celebrate high achieving individuals and companies for their performance and contribution to the Government Contracting industry. Rahul Pandhi is the president of CollabraLink Technologies, and a finalist for this year's GovCon Contractor of the Year award in the $25 million in sales category. He told me the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about his company's agile development services.
September 17, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget released guidance on cyber acquisition. But a close look from the Professional Services Council yielded the judgment that it's too little, too late and too flexible. Dave Wennergren, senior vice president of technology for the Professional Services Council, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the council's assessment of the guidance.
September 17, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, honor the leadership, innovation and commitment to excellence of the individuals and businesses in the region's government contracting sector. Each week between now and Nov. 5, Federal News Radio is giving you a look at industry through the eyes of some of this year's finalists. Rebecca Andino is the founder and CEO of Highlight Technologies and one of the finalists for this year's GovCon contractor of the year award in the Up-to-$25-million category. She spoke to In Depth with Francis Rose about cybersecurity and updating legacy systems.
September 16, 2015
