Technology

  • The goal is for independent third party companies to affirm commercial cloud providers meet the FedRAMP cybersecurity requirements. The agencies will model its approach after the one used to accredit vendors to provide products and services under HSPD-12. FedRAMP will not be ready until the fall.

    July 21, 2011
  • Agencies have stepped up the pace of their data center consolidation efforts, leading to predicted data center closures numbering well above what the Office of Management and Budget predicted earlier this year.

    July 21, 2011
  • By Ruben Gomez Federal News Radio The General Services Administration (GSA) will revamp federal IT purchase contracts, in keeping with the administration’s National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship released Wednesday. GSA will remove all products that…

    July 20, 2011
  • OFPP administrator Dan Gordon said the morale of contracting officers and other acquisition workers is improving. OPM issued a new IT program and project management competency guidance.

    July 20, 2011
  • Host John Gilroy is joined by Michael Beckley, chief technology officer, at Appian. They will talk about how business process management has changed and what you can do to stay ahead of those changes. July 19, 2011(Encore presentation August 30, 2011),

    July 19, 2011
  • General James Cartwright said the recent DoD cybersecurity strategy is an important first step in making sure cybersecurity policy is integrated across both the Pentagon and government.

    July 19, 2011
  • Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins said the agency has not created an IT management and oversight plan. Without a comprehensive model on IT, the agency cannot fix the way it responds to disasters.

    July 19, 2011
  • Amy Merten, spatial data branch chief in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\'s Office of Response and Restoration, is being honored for her efforts at using a new online data system to help clean up in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

    July 19, 2011
  • Pat Howard, chair of the (ISC)2 Executive Writers Bureau, discussed the bureau\'s recent list of eight tips for agency IT leaders to continue to improve cybersecurity even as overall budgets decline.

    July 19, 2011
  • Lockheed Martin earns a certification that will enhances its cybersecurity rating for government business. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.

    July 19, 2011
  • The Labor Department is turning to the public for ideas to help people find jobs. Labor is offering up to $35,000 for an app that helps unemployed people find the right career path.

    July 19, 2011
  • German federal police and customs have been hit by a major hack attack. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.

    July 19, 2011
  • Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says contractors must balance collaboration with security

    July 18, 2011
  • Cybersecurity budgets may be shrinking like other budgets, Government Computer News reports. That means many chief information security officers may have to develop strategies for limited or reduced funding. (ISC)2 compiled 8 ideas for CISOs…

    July 18, 2011

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