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Jay Mahanand, the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the plan is to launch an enterprise portfolio management program that USAID will deploy worldwide in the coming months.
Arizona CIO Morgan Reed is transforming the state's IT with cloud computing, after a devastating sand storm-generated computer outage.
Sonny Bhagowalia, the deputy assistant commissioner and deputy chief information officer in the Office of Information and Technology at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Homeland Security Department, said the agency is addressing network and bandwidth challenges, first and foremost, and then securely connecting devices and data to agents through the cloud.
Ian West, the cybersecurity chief of the NATO Communications and Information Agency, said the launch of a new encrypted workspace lets five countries test how they can share secure video, voice, chat and information gathering capabilities.
Michigan's state CSO explained why new federal legislation to improve cyber information sharing between D.C. and local government is a positive step.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee will release the 8th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard showing five agencies improving, five falling and 14 agencies holding steady.
Federal CIO Suzette Kent released the final version of the cloud smart strategy highlighting the need for agencies to take an interdisciplinary approach to moving applications to the cloud.
Amy Haseltine, the deputy chief information officer for enterprise services at HHS, said the agency brought a cross-agency team together to focus on how best to apply the tenets of FITARA to improve mission delivery.
Stephen Rice, the DHS deputy CIO, is taking a similar role at the Navy Federal Credit Union.
The Trump administration said back pay for contractors affected by the shutdown will be too costly and increase the risk of fraud, waste, and improper payments.
New Senate legislation would promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland Security and state and local governments. The State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act would encourage national cybersecurity watchdogs to share information regarding cybersecurity threats.
NSA’s six-year-old program challenges students and others to solve a multi-step cybersecurity problem as a way to expose them to the type of work the agency and the government does.
Public servants and the first lady of North Dakota say cloud computing across levels of government can help combat the national opioid crisis.
Justice Department CIO Joe Klimavicz is gaining additional responsibilities as chief data officer, begging the question whether there is a difference between information and data?
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