This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Meyer, vice president, Defense Products at Peraton, joins host John Gilroy for a wide ranging discussion of the surface web, the deep web, and the dark web, and they challenges they pose for federal IT officials.
A panel of former federal technology executives offered the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations suggestions for improving the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard after five years.
The Agriculture Department's Office of Chief Information Officer has implemented a hiring freeze and is offering early retirements to eligible IT specialists. The initiatives are part of a workforce "restructuring" effort to support USDA's ongoing IT modernization transformation, the department said.
If federal agencies were constantly on guard the past several years, as cyber-attacks grew in intensity and effectiveness, the past several months of the pandemic, has dumped fuel on that fire of fear and paranoia.
On this edition of Cyber Chat, Host Sean Kelley sits down with Congressman Mike Rogers to discuss the rollout of 5G Technologies, the implications of the technology and what that means for cyber security.
The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on government operations released the 10th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard and no agency received a “F” or “D” grade for the first time.
Phil Quade, chief information security officer for Fortinet, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech talk to discuss what the federal government can do to address a drastic shortage of workers with cybersecurity skills.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) suggested giving the IRS $2 billion under the Technology Modernization Fund and then letting agencies use the savings from the tax agency for other projects.
Dana Deasy, the DoD CIO, said in a wide-ranging press conference that the Pentagon plans to reaward the JEDI contract in late August and the new chief data officer is on a 90-day listening tour that will help guide a new plan of action.
Nicolas Chaillan, the Air Force’s chief software officer, said the service is testing its cloud native access point approach through Platform One with the F-35 and Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) teams.
Six Democrat Senators wrote to Appropriations Committee leaders asking them to support agency efforts to modernize legacy technology systems by increasing the Technology Modernization Fund.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection directorate expects the new collections platform to help it become more efficient, resilient and secure in processing cargo under the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) program.
Maurice Uenuma, vice president of Federal and Enterprise at Tripwire, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss data integrity and why it is so important for federal agencies trying to protect themselves from cyber attacks.
Dan Fallon the senior director, public sector systems engineers at Nutanix, says 85% of organizations are planning to shift their investments to hybrid cloud architectures.
Washington Democrat Derek Kilmer and Georgia Republican Tom Graves returned to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the latest developments.