Technology
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No matter how nice you may couch the message, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, at the end of the day, when you\'re dumped, you\'re dumped.
June 23, 2015 -
Even state of the art cyber protection can\'t prevent employee error. The insider threat is at the nucleus of the Coast Guard\'s newly revised cyber security strategy. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to review what else the strategy encompasses and how cyber impacts the Coast Guard.
June 22, 2015 -
The Senate packed a lot into its version of the 2016 Defense authorization bill before final passage Thursday afternoon, and in a notable break from recent history, the full package passed well before the start of the new fiscal year.
June 22, 2015 -
Tony Scott, the federal CIO, and Anne Rung, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, are working together on a series of initiatives, including new policies around enterprise software contracts and common desktop configurations.
June 22, 2015 -
Washington is a city full of people with strong opinions, say Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. Some of the beliefs are genuinely held. Others are for rent.
June 22, 2015 -
President Barack Obama wants to spend his last 18 months in office turning government technology on its head. Obama says government\'s procurement systems are broken, but he believes organizations like the U.S. Digital Service can change the way people develop, buy and use new technology. Tom Shoop is editor-in-chief at Government Executive magazine. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the likelihood of a major systemic change in the way government buys and implements new technology.
June 19, 2015 -
Agencies now have 30 days to sprint to new cybersecurity standards after multiple data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management. But some chief information security officers say they are more concerned about what impact a cyber attack will have on their organization\'s reputation than the data itself that\'s at risk. That\'s according to a new report from the RAND Corporation, \"The Defender\'s Dilemma: Charting a Course Toward Cybersecurity.\" Martin Libicki, a senior management scientist and professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, is a co-author of the report. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what he heard from 18 CISOs about their cybersecurity operations.
June 19, 2015 -
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) joins in the questioning of how OPM made the decision to award a contract to Winvale for credit monitoring services. The senator and AFGE are hearing from current and former federal employees complaining about the services provided under the $20.7 million deal.
June 19, 2015
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