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The first cohort of the Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy has helped the administration identify some promising successes and some tough challenges, which federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent said will inform future iterations of the program and other training initiatives.
In the annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report to Congress, which the administration made public on Aug. 16, OMB says the number of cyber incidents dropped by 12% as compared to 2017.
Congress declined to authorize a new assistant secretary of the Navy for information management, so officials are moving on to "Plan B."
Amira Boland, who is coordinating the implementation of the Customer Experience Cross-Agency Priority Goal and the GEAR Center for OMB, and Jim Thompson. the director of private sector engagement at the State Department, are spearheading different approaches to bringing new thinking into the government.
The three tenets of the Trump administration's "cloud smart" strategy, plus the early successes from its component agencies, are driving the Department of Homeland Security's journey to the cloud.
Karl Mathias, the chief information officer of the U.S. Marshals Service, said he hired a new chief technology officer to help develop a 5-to-10 year technology modernization roadmap.
Maryland is one of the seven states or territories selected for National Governors Association's program to enhance cybersecurity strategies and foster improved collaboration at federal, state and local levels.
Irv Dennis, the CFO of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said the data analytics portion of the Centers of Excellence effort is helping to transform the agency’s financial management processes and technologies.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it is looking to use social media tools to monitor possible domestic threats.
Current acting CIO Terryne Murphy accepted a new job in government and Andre Mendes, the CIO at ITA, to take over that role.
Willie Crenshaw, the program executive for the CDM office at NASA, said teams of employees are educating mission areas about the cyber initiative and learning about new priorities.
Veterans Affairs says it will spend nearly $5 billion over next 10 years to maintain legacy electronic health record while implementing a separate, multi-billion-dollar system at facilities.
Jose Arrieta, chief information officer at HHS, said the Accelerate platform will take data from the five current contract writing systems and add microservices on top so contracting officers can take advantage of the information to make better decisions.
Agencies have gotten buy-in from their employees when it comes to automating rote tasks liked data entry. But it’s a tougher sell for data-driven decision-making.
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