The State Department released a first-of-its-kind memo tackling how new software supply chain risk management processes will change the federal contracting and awards space. Michael Derrios, deputy assistant secretary and senior procurement executive at the State Department Bureau of Administration said State chose to move forward ahead of the expected rules because it's at the forefront of targeting.
CISA has taken on more responsibilities for the defense of federal agency networks. A new report considers how much farther that should go.
Although digital engineering in some form dates to the World War II era, modern computing capabilities helped cause a step-function advance in the early 2000s, according to Vlad Bacalu, senior vice president for strategic and technical solutions at Amentum.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been around since the 1960s. What’s next, according to Mark Valentine, the president for global government at UAV maker Skydio: UAV’s that communicate among one another for greater effectiveness, but requiring less routine human input.
Chris Chilbert, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s chief information officer and co-chairman of the small agency CIO council, said the Small Agency CIO and IT Executive Handbook, released earlier this summer, details a “foundational understanding of responsibilities related to IT.”
On today's Federal Newscast: Several workers at the Government Publishing Office have filed a lawsuit, alleging a pervasive workplace culture of racism and sexism. The Biden administration is kicking off the first update to the national cyber incident response plan in seven years. And the IRS crackdown on wealthy tax cheats is bringing in millions of dollars.
Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan said that service’s people are its most valuable asset, so it must take care of them.
John Weiler, the executive director and co-founder of the IT Acquisition Advisory Council, calls for agencies to be more aggressive in preventing suppliers from advising on IT projects and then developing the system.