Jason Gray comes over to the Education Department from the Transportation Department to replace Danny Harris as the CIO. State Department CIO Steve Taylor is expected to move to a new position in the coming month as well.
Dr. Steve Bennett, principal product marketing consultant at SAS, joins host John Gilroy to discuss biosurveillance, big data, old fashioned analytics, predictive analytics and advanced analytics. June 7, 2016
Administrator Denise Turner Roth said all facets of GSA will need to support the standup of the Technology Transformation Service.
David Powell, chief operating officer of the Federal Business Council, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss a wide range of GovCon issues, including cyber events in Maryland, and the upcoming Federal Channels: Government Marketing Best Practices 2020 event. June 6, 2016
The Office of Personnel Management posted a job announcement June 1 for a new chief information officer.
The Army is adding more migration teams as it moves more of its networks to the Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS). Other services will follow soon suit, said David Cotton, DoD's deputy chief information officer for information enterprise.
Jose Carlos Linares, president and CEO, Open Technology Group, highlights the need for agencies to make sure they have an effective vulnerability management program.
The 2016 Management of Change conference sponsored by ACT-IAC provided several memorable, newsworthy moments this year.
Despite a reminder from the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, federal agencies haven't reviewed their data on Social Security numbers in nearly a decade.
The Federal Aviation Administration could find itself with more oversight of the cybersecurity threats facing industry if a senator's information-sharing bill makes it through committee.
The Navy is considering multisourcing its next NGEN contract.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is particularly concerned by a penetration test the Homeland Security Department performed on the Social Security Administration's IT systems last summer, when testers gained access to personally identifiable information while they were inside. SSA did not share the findings of that report with its inspector general.
A third report in a year suggests OPM continues to struggle to develop a credible business case and now will have trouble paying for the network and security upgrades.
Shaun Khalfan, Customs and Border Protection's chief security officer, discussed the agency's comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, from managing data to educating users.
A top Department of Homeland Security official thinks 2017 is the big year for cybersecurity investment.