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A new memo from OMB Director Jacob Lew puts agency technology managers in charge of commodity IT purchasing. The White House had hoped to get Congress to change the CIO\'s authority, but decided to do it by policy instead. OMB also details other changes to the CIO\'s role based on the 25-point IT reform plan.
George Mason University Professor Stephen Ruth says there\'s reason to be cautious about the increasing use of telework.
The Government Accountability Office says a State Department program designed to help its managers mitigate IT risks fails to provide a complete view of those risks.
DHS says the hackers used \"rudimentary exploits commonly associated with less skilled hackers known as Script Kiddies.\"
The hackers appear to have followed five easy steps, Federal Computer Week reports.
Patrick Weadon, the curator of the National Cryptologic Museum, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the U.S. Cryptologic Museum\'s enigmatic offerings.
DARPA is looking for ideas aimed at blocking cyber threats.
Dr. Andrea Matwyshyn is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at University of Pennsylvania.
IBM has protested the Veterans Affairs Department\'s multi-billion dollar information technology contract, under the Transformation 21 Total Technology (T4) program.
The first \"CyberLympics\" — a global cybersecurity challenge — will launch this September, spanning six continents competing for $400,000 in prizes.
Rory Schultz, the chief technology officer of the Food and Nutrition Service at the Agriculture Department and government chair of the ACT-IAC joined the Federal Drive to discuss how the group\'s Voyagers program works, which connects IT workers in government and industry.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program to fund hacker research. DARPA announced Cyber Fast Track program at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas this week.
Rick Holgate, ATF\'s chief information officer, said a new IT infrastructure contract could be worth $40 million a year. The goal is to make the agency\'s network more agile to deliver managed services. August 4, 2011
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