Cybersecurity
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The Air Force plans to hire 1,400 cyber and 2,000 acquisition personnel over the next year. To do that, it's taking a fresh approach to how it recruits.
May 31, 2017 -
The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General in its FY 2017 management challenges report, said the agency needs to get a better handle on its workforce and workload, otherwise it's "unclear" whether the loss of personnel is really all that bad for the agency. Cybersecurity, and oversight of states, territories and tribal areas, are also issues facing the department.
May 30, 2017 -
Adam Wick, research lead for mobile security and systems software at Galois, offers a three-pronged approach to defending federal networks and data.
May 30, 2017 -
The General Services Administration and the Homeland Security Department gave vendors their first details about what the next five years of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program would look like.
May 30, 2017 -
Ken Georgi and Curt LeMar with General Dynamics Health Solutions join host Roger Waldron to discuss current trends in cloud computing and best practices for federal agencies so they can make a successful migration to the cloud. May 30, 2017
May 29, 2017 -
Lawmakers gave the Education Department's Office of Federal Student Aid a failing grade after reporting a combined $6 billion in improper payments, Agency officials said they are working toward better management and monitoring of student loan accounts.
May 29, 2017 Lou Giglio, Dan Beaman and Mark Flournoy, managers of Federal Systems Integration for F5 Newtorks, join host John Gilroy to discuss how to inspect encrypted traffic, increase speed, and move security tools from appliances to the virtual world. May 30, 2017
May 28, 2017-
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget request suggests personnel cuts at the majority of the 24 largest federal agencies. But the Homeland Security Department is one of the few that could undergo a bit of a hiring spree next year.
May 25, 2017 -
The players have taken their seats. They're tuning their instruments. Now where's the Trump administration's IT conductor?
May 25, 2017 -
Internal Revenue Service watchdogs say the agency could do more in terms of taxpayer services if it had more human and financial resources. The White House proposed a fiscal 2018 budget of $10.9 billion, a cut of roughly $300 million from 2017 funding levels.
May 25, 2017 -
Avi Bender, NTIS director, says his agency's partnership with the private sector is opening doors for other agencies to solve data service issues, in part by helping them realize what problem it is that they're actually trying to solve.
May 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump’s budget request sent to Congress May 23 calls for an increase of $1.6 billion for federal technology programs and projects.
May 24, 2017 -
Federal News Radio has decided to remove the content of this article after recent investigative reports have called into question the credibility of the expert interviewed.
May 23, 2017 John Jolly, president and CEO at Syncurity, joins host John Gilroy to explain how his company can help federal IT professions avoid ransomware attacks like "WannaCry". May 23, 2017
May 22, 2017-
The Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security led a much more coordinated and informed defense against the WannaCry cyber attack that began May 12.
May 22, 2017
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