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Cloud computing offers organizations the opportunity to lower IT costs and increase agility. Adoption is increasing and many agencies are seeing the benefits, but for others, serious questions remain. How do they determine if they should make the move? Which cloud approach is best - public or private? Which applications and data should they move and what should remain in the data center? Is one type of cloud better for certain types of applications and data than another? How safe will the data be? How will it be managed?
March 07, 2014 -
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The Federal Marketing Insight is a weekly feature highlighting a topical federal marketing subject. It's meant to be an insightful and a quick read.
March 06, 2014 -
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The number of cybersecurity jobs continues to grow in the U.S. According to new research, companies posted over 209,000 cyber-related job postings last year. That’s up 74 percent from 2007. According to Burning Glass, the…
March 06, 2014 -
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The General Services Administration is building an OnRAMP for its Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program. The GSA is working with MeriTalk to build the OnRAMP program. It's designed to speed up the process of bringing federal agencies into the cloud. OnRAMP will be an online portal offering greater visibility into what cloud services are available to your agency. It will also notify agencies of potential new cloud systems in the future FedRAMP pipeline. Congressman Gerry Connolly is the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations. He says the OnRAMP program will provide valuable metrics and oversight as agencies ramp up their pace moving to the cloud. The Federal Times reports OnRAMP's mission is to provide 360 degrees of visibility into the entire FedRAMP process.
March 06, 2014 -
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How does the Fiscal Service transform the way the federal government manages its financial services? What is the Fiscal Service doing to promote financial integrity and operational efficiency? How has the consolidation to Fiscal Service gone? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dave Lebryk, Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
March 05, 2014 -
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Data center consolidation goes well beyond simply conserving space in agency computer rooms. A host of factors are driving agencies to consolidate including business continuity and disaster recovery, environmental sustainability goals, cyber security and cost savings. The government's information technology budget for 2015 is looking to data center consolidation as a cornerstone to reduce I.T. investment while bolstering citizen services.
March 05, 2014 -
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The Education Department's new security operations center reached initial operations capability in 2013 featuring six tools to improve the protection of its network and data. Steve Grewal, Education's chief information security officer, said a move to cloud and mobile computing requires the agency to have more visibility and accountability into how vendors protect its network. March 6, 2014
March 04, 2014 -
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A second member of the ``Cuban Five'' has returned to the Caribbean island and a hero's welcome after leaving a prison in the United States. 50 year old Fernando Gonzalez and four others were arrested in 1998 and convicted in 2001 in Miami on charges including conspiracy and failure to register as foreign agents in the U.S. Gonzalez spent 15 years in prison.
March 03, 2014 -
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NATO says it's going to plan for all options for its future presence in Afghanistan, including a possible pullout of all its troops this year. NATO Head Anders Fogh Rasmussen says NATO was planning to keep a slimmed-down force in Afghanistan after 2014, but President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security agreement with the United States could force it to pull out all its troops by the end of the year.
March 03, 2014 -
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Portraying a difficult future for Afghanistan without U.S. help, Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey says that Afghanistan's refusal to sign a security agreement with the United States could make the war more difficult and inspire the enemy and encourage some Afghan security forces to cooperate with the Taliban to as he put it, ``hedge their bets.'' Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a SOFA with the U.S.
March 03, 2014 -
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A review of Afghanistan's future indicates the country could revert to a terrorist hideout unless U.S. and international partners put in place a larger Afghan security force than what's planned for 2014.The study released Thursday by federally funded CNA Strategic Studies also concludes that this larger force and the government ministries to support it will require international trainers and advisers at least through 2018.
March 03, 2014 -
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A set of potential new rules for electronic health records calls for setting up another list of new rules. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is proposing a series of EHR guidelines it would like to see enacted in 20-15. The agency says the concept behind the ideas are the three Ps: predictability, participation and preparedness. They're meant to make EHR certification more fluid and secure by constantly updating the rules already in place. Right now ONC calls for more collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration and discontinuing complete EHR certification. The potential new rules are all voluntary for EHR vendors and providers. Healthcare IT News reports the public is also welcome to comment on the rules.
March 03, 2014 -
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The head of U.S. Cyber Command is once again pushing Congress to pass legislation that will help protect the country against cyber attacks. General Keith Alexander told the Senate Armed Services Committee that it's just a matter of time before the next cyber attack. And, he says, the U.S. isn't ready for it. As cyberspace continues to change at a rapid pace, U.S. policies and laws lag behind, according to Alexander. Congress has failed to pass multiple pieces of cyber legislation over the last few years. During the hearing, Senator John McCain suggested setting up a select committee to help push a bill through Congress. Just last month, the White House released a voluntary cyber framework to help critical infrastructure providers deal with potential threats.
March 03, 2014 -
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, one of Al Qaida's most brutal terrorists is reportedly the target of one of the biggest manhunts in modern Middle Eastern history. A British newspaper is reporting he has a 6 million pound bounty on his head because he allegedly has 25 British extremists among his loyalists . The Mirror says he was sacked by al-Qaida for disobeying orders and beheading people in public.
March 03, 2014
