Technology
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We turn next to a project of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It's working to incorporate data from a federal, personal identification verification card, or PIV card, right into your mobile device. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with the principles on this project. Vernon Lee is the Chief Technical Officer of Microsoft Civilian, Hildy Ferraiolo is a computer scientist at NIST, and Chris Edwards is the CTO at Intercede.
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Agency IT executives continue to be frustrated over the disconnect between the desire to make risk-based decisions and to comply with laws and policies. A major source of that frustration comes from how slowly agency inspectors general are moving to this new approach to cybersecurity. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller writes about this ongoing challenge in his weekly feature Inside the Reporter’s Notebook. Jason joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what’s going on.
September 21, 2015 The emphasis on customer services across government includes a higher profile for feedback. The latest social media site to give agencies feedback on employee performance and mission delivery is Yelp. Justin Herman of the General Services Administration tells In Depth with Francis Rose the deal with Yelp is just one of many opportunities for agencies to interact with citizens.
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U.S. Cyber Command hopes to increase the defensive posture of its networks by imposing more accountability on commanders. Future scorecards will grade local installations. Those with failing grades may face sanctions.
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The FBI, NARA and the Navy see turnover at the executive levels. The Navy gets a new director of information dominance who is allowed to look at classified data.
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As OMB finalizes new FISMA metrics for 2016, agencies and IGs continue to struggle with a disconnect over risk versus compliance.
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The Joint IT Single Service Provider-Pentagon is moving toward full operational capability and the lessons from the effort will influence similar efforts in the future.
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DoT CIO Richard McKinney said he's not buying any new hardware and will not approve IT spending plans unless they get the program off of legacy infrastructure.
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