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NASA could be soon looking for another chief information officer. Sources say Larry Sweet has told his staff he plans on retiring at the end of the calendar year.
The time to move from contract award to full implementation under the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program will force agencies to decide whether to spend money on new tools or wait for those coming from DHS.
A new document obtained by Federal News Radio shows just how bad in shape agencies were in terms of cybersecurity as of June, and just how far they came over the summer.
Homeland Security will give eight agencies a detailed look at the health of their networks and systems later this month. DHS will launch the first set of agency-wide dashboards under the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program. In his biweekly feature, "Inside the Reporter’s Notebook," executive editor Jason Miller writes about the agency's plans to get pick up the pace of continuous diagnostics and mitigation. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more.
There is a little more clarity about the mystery of Barry West, the seemingly now-former chief information officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. West’s LinkedIn page says he left the FDIC in this month and also started at the Mason Harriman Group this month.
The first iteration of the cybersecurity dashboard under the continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) is scheduled to be released this month.
The Defense Department’s program to let employees use smartphones on the secret network is becoming more popular than ever imagined.
GSA, on behalf of the Defense Information Systems Agency, made a $296 million award for email-as-a-service to Dell Federal. GSA made the award to Dell June 19.
The real question GSA is trying to gather information on is whether the current cyber and information assurance SINs just need to be improved or if a new one is needed.
The first iteration of the cybersecurity dashboard under the continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) is scheduled to be released this month.
Can senior federal officials simply disappear? Judging from some recent departures of high-profile executives, you'd think so. Former Interior Business Center director Joe Ward joins the ever-growing list of senior executives who have moved or changed jobs or have been put on leave with little transparency from their agency. In his biweekly feature, "Inside the Reporter’s Notebook," executive editor Jason Miller writes about why the uncertainty of the whereabouts of Ward, and others like him, are part of a growing problem in government. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
In this week's Inside the Reporter's Notebook, when someone goes on administrative leave, the rumor mill heats up across the federal community and agencies respond with the ubiquitous, “We can’t comment, it’s a personnel matter,” or “Yes, [fill in the person’s name] is still an employee at the agency and we have no other details."
Inside the Reporter’s Notebook is a bi-weekly dispatch of news and information you may have missed or that slipped through the cracks at conferences, hearings and other events. This is not a column or commentary…
It only took 15 years for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance for agencies on how best to use reverse auctions. And when OFPP finally did on June 2, it was disappointing to say the least.