A draft memo released for public comment March 29 would require GSA to run a governmentwide contract for mobile devices and services, and mandate agencies use that new vehicle by August 2018.
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which administers the Thrift Savings Plan, is looking at best practices in the private sector to help strengthen the board's own cybersecurity and network penetration testing procedures.
Todd Lyle, president of Duncan LLC, argues that a new wave of leadership is needed to take advantage of emerging technology and services.
The Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on the deployment of low-cost sensors to the hands of citizens virtually anywhere who can observe and record environmental conditions and report them. Jay Benforado, chief innovation officer in EPA's Office of Research and Development, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Wayne Lewandowski, vice president, US Federal Sales, Vormetric, joins host John Gilroy to discuss his company's 2016 Data Threat Report, data encryption, and managing security in the federal government. March 29, 2016
Third-party assessment organizations will play a larger role in getting cloud service providers ready for final certification by the Joint Authorization Board under an updated approach announced by the FedRAMP program on March 28.
The Army is expanding its use wireless WiFi networks, both indoors and outdoors. By getting rid of heavy cabling that takes hours to install, the Army is hoping to make command posts and tactical units more mobile and agile. Lt. Col. Mark Henderson, product manager for WIN-T Increment One, shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Vendors are submitting bids on the next set of tools under phase 2 of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program while DHS is preparing for phase 3.