Cybersecurity
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Local jurisdictions' control and operation of elections is a tradition but as the issue of election security becomes front and center, should Congress be involved?
March 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is changing how it verifies that companies are eligible to do business with or receive assistance from the government.
March 19, 2019 -
The 2020 president's budget request keeps federal IT spending in 2020 about level with 2019. And the Analytical Perspectives on the budget released Monday indicate all is not well.
March 19, 2019 -
John Cofrancesco, vice president, Business Development at Active Navigation, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss records management and how his company can help federal agencies eliminate redundant, obsolete or trivial data.
March 19, 2019 -
U.S. Cyber Command said the new Cyber Excepted Service has cut its time-to-hire by 60 percent. But so far, DoD has only used the new personnel system for a few hundred positions.
March 19, 2019 -
CenturyLink became the first vendor under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to receive cybersecurity approval for its business systems.
March 18, 2019 -
Faced with longstanding hiring and recruiting challenges, Customs and Border Protection made its first hire earlier this month using its data analytics-driven "fast track" personnel system.
March 18, 2019 -
Bipartisan support is growing for a proposed bill to remove barriers to federal employment for people with a criminal record.
March 18, 2019 -
Scott Buchholz, Deloitte Government chief technology officer, said one of the most important trends for 2019 are macrotechnology forces, such as digital reality.
March 18, 2019 -
President Donald Trump released his budget request for fiscal year 2020. What's in it for DoD? Find out when Jon Harper of National Defense Magazine joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access.
March 18, 2019 -
Vince Urias, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, said the HADES programs creates a fake environment where cyber defenders can lure hackers and better understand their techniques.
March 15, 2019 -
Any mention of an organization and insider threat in the same sentence generally conjures up an image of information being stolen by an employee — which is precisely the image Michael Theis and Matt Moynahan want to change.
March 15, 2019 -
The Federal Acquisition Security Council is “on the cusp” of holding its first meeting with agencies, and will work closely with the Department of Homeland Security’s National Risk Management Center, according to its director.
March 14, 2019 -
The commander of the nation's top cyber security agencies — the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command — will not confirm that he has recommended the two agencies split from one another next year.
March 14, 2019 -
An assessment commissioned by the Secretary of the Navy returned a stinging assessment of the Navy Department's cybersecurity posture.
March 14, 2019