Technology

  • The Army is preparing a new generation of communication devices to connect soldiers in combat. A major component of the new Capability Set 13 is the Rifleman Radio, which has been completely redesigned to include improvements in size, weight, battery life and enhanced radio frequency. Col. John Zavarelli, the program manager for the Joint Program Executive Office Handheld Manpack Small, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the Rifleman Radio and the JTRS program.

    March 06, 2012
  • Several of the biggest challenges in government revolve around cybersecurity. As the administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill move toward potential solutions, executing those solutions will fall to agencies\' cyber teams. Bob Monahan, the director of Management Information Systems for DRC joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how agencies are dealing with the moving parts of cybersecurity.

    March 06, 2012
  • Jim Lewis, the director and senior fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss competing cyber proposals.

    March 06, 2012
  • Dave McClure, the associate administrator in the OCSIT, and Kathy Conrad, the principal deputy associate administrator joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the work the office does and the progress on cloud-computing security standards in particular.

    March 06, 2012
  • In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeff Zients, the two lawmakers say the Food and Drug Administration lawsuit raises broader questions about how other agencies monitor employee use of personal email. The House and Senate members want OMB to conduct a governmentwide analysis of these policies.

    March 06, 2012
  • Former Ambassador David Smith, now with the Potomac Institute Cyber Center, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin there are positive elements to both cybersecurity bills currently introduced in the Senate.

    March 06, 2012
  • The National Security Agency\'s Central Security Service cut the ribbon on a new cyber facility in Georgia. The Georgia Cryptologic Center cost $286 million.

    March 06, 2012
  • Jon Blum, the deputy administrator and director for the Center of Medicare at CMS, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the agency\'s new goal of stopping $370 million in improper payments.

    March 05, 2012
  • There\'s plenty of talk about the role of the United States in cyber space. But what\'s lacking, one expert argues, is a defining doctrine. Ronald Marks, a senior fellow at George Washington University\'s Homeland Security Policy Institute, joined In Depth with Francis Rose, to discuss his idea for a comprehensive cyber doctrine.

    March 05, 2012
  • The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a major revision to the Federal Information Security Management Act, which governs agency information security policies. Ron Ross, a NIST fellow and the agency\'s FISMA implementation project leader, joined In Depth with Francis Ross to discuss the FISMA additions.

    March 05, 2012
  • Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said a recent mishap involving the Presidential Management Fellowship not only threatens the program\'s prestige but could point to larger technology issues within OPM.

    March 05, 2012
  • Greg Schaffer is leaving as the Homeland Security Department\'s assistant secretary in the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.

    March 05, 2012
  • The Homeland Security Department is hiring a new director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team, or U.S. CERT.

    March 05, 2012
  • ClearanceJobs.com managing director Evan Lesser will talk about how the government job market is changing. March 2, 2012(Encore presentation March 16, 2012)

    March 02, 2012

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