Cybersecurity
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Current and former federal technology officials say the recent inspector general report on GSA’s Login.gov reinforced why working with the Technology Transformation Service continues to leave a sour taste in many agency’s mouths.
March 28, 2023 -
The United States Agency for International Development is focused on its modernization efforts for employees.
March 28, 2023 -
The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world. President Joe Biden's order responds to growing U.S. and global concerns about programs that can capture text messages and other cellphone data. Some programs — so-called “zero-click” exploits — can infect a phone without the user clicking on a malicious link. While the U.S. and other governments routinely collect huge amounts of data, advocates warn that the commercial spyware market creates new opportunities for abuse and repression.
March 27, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A new House subcommittee chairman pledges to conduct rigorous oversight of CISA. All 44 Army installations institute the military housing Tenant Bill of Rights. And the White House is putting up $250 million to help make federal buildings more climate friendly.
March 24, 2023 -
As space fills its ranks with cyber and satellite specialists, it has to build out its training abilities.
March 23, 2023 -
CISA is working to identify a subset of critical infrastructure that underpin the economy, national security and public health and safety.
March 23, 2023 -
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) leads counterintelligence for the national government. Among its myriad missions is securing the software supply chain. “My directorate is certainly concerned with the supply chain of all critical infrastructure, certainly the supply chain that the IC has to source from as well,” Jeanette McMillian, Assistant Director of NCSC’s Supply Chain and Cyber Directorate said on Federal Monthly Insights – Securing the Supply Chain.
March 23, 2023 -
Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management to implement a federal rotational cyber workforce program, which will officially launch this November.
March 21, 2023 -
CISA is requesting nearly $425 million in 2024 to launch a new "Cyber Analytics and Data System."
March 17, 2023 -
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) is a global advocate for technology, representing some of the world’s most-notable and innovative companies. ITI promotes public policies and industry standards that advance competition and innovation worldwide.
March 16, 2023 -
Gundeep Ahluwalia, the chief information officer for the Labor Department, said three funding sources, two-year appropriations, a working capital fund and the Technology Modernization Fund, is giving the agency the resources to move to the cloud.
March 16, 2023 -
You could think of integrated circuits (chips), as the smallest building blocks in the nation's critical infrastructure. Recently, the National Security Agency (NSA) issued detailed guidance on keeping what it called "adversarial influence" out of microelectronics used in Defense Department systems.
March 14, 2023 -
Acquisition officials, especially in the Defense Department, worry about why the roster of would-be federal contractors seems to contract every year. Small companies in particular seem to be departing. If could be, the ever-expanding list of rules are driving them away.
March 14, 2023 -
The White House is asking Congress to increase spending on cybersecurity by 13% over the 2023 request and wants to spend $510 million on customer experience initiatives.
March 14, 2023 -
The Biden administration's agenda for the federal workforce next year is coming into focus, with the release of more details supporting its fiscal 2024 budget request.
March 13, 2023
