Cybersecurity
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Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.
January 09, 2017 -
The Office of Management and Budget issued two more memos, focusing on personal data breach response requirements and industry and vendor communications.
January 09, 2017 -
NASA SEWP Program Manager Joanne Woytek and Allen Federal President Larry Allen join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss SEWP activity in 2016 and how GWACs help CIOs with FITARA. January 9, 2017
January 08, 2017 -
Tony Scott, the federal chief information officer, said in an exit interview that the update to Circular A-130 and the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) are among the most significant accomplishments during his almost two-year tenure, which will end Jan. 17.
January 06, 2017 -
While you were loafing and watching football over the holidays, this guest was creating an in-depth visualization of data provided by the Homeland Security Department and the FBI in their Joint Analysis Report. The so-called JAR outlined the Russian hacking project called Grizzly Steppe. But there's more going on than outlined in the 13-page report. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with his revelations, Vince Crisler, CEO of cybersecurity startup Dark Cubed.
January 06, 2017 -
The IRS is gearing up for the 2017 filing season by focusing on cybersecurity and customer service. The agency expects to process more than 150 million individual tax returns. But how smooth this filing season will be comes down to whether or not President-elect Trump decides to extend the hiring freeze to the tax agency.
January 05, 2017 -
The Commission on Cybersecurity for the 45th President detailed 250 recommendations, including creating a specific cybersecurity agency within DHS and a new independent unit of auditors to stress test agency networks.
January 05, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management published updated instructions for agencies to assign revised standard codes to their cybersecurity positions. It's one of several recent steps the administration has taken to implement the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act, which Congress passed at the end of 2015.
January 05, 2017 Evan Lesser, president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss job opportunities in 2017 for workers with security clearances. January 6, 2016
January 03, 2017-
U.S. Cyber Command is creating a 10 person team to handle the $75 million a year it will have for acquisition.
January 03, 2017 -
Are fingerprints better than passwords for securing government systems? That's what the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is trying to determine.
January 03, 2017 Keylogic Systems CEO Jon Hammock and Kevin Reid, vice president for National Security, join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how their company can help federal IT professionals with their systems integration challenges. January 3, 2016
December 31, 2016-
The technology industry wants to transform the federal IT market that brings about new ways to fund, develop, procure, deliver, manage and sustain innovative technology solutions.
December 30, 2016 -
A major Defense Department initiative to protect the military services’ computer networks with a shared system of regionalized cybersecurity centers will face new scrutiny in 2017, both from Congress and from the department’s inspector general.
December 29, 2016 -
Cybsersecurity, customer service, even deep space exploration are on the list of federal agencies' Performance.gov goals in fiscal 2016-17.
December 28, 2016