Tom Temin
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In today's news, Michael Missal could be the first inspector general of the Veterans Affairs Department in nearly two years, the Defense Department is asking Congress to shift $23 million in additional funds to protect its federal workers compromised by the Office of Personnel Management hacks, and Homeland Security's inspector general reopens its investigation into allegations at the Secret Service.
October 06, 2015 -
The Government Accountability Office has launched a fee-based training center for other government watchdogs. The Center for Audit Excellence has been in the works since Congress approved the idea in a law passed late last year. The center's director, Janet Saint Laurent, tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp on Federal Drive with Tom Temin by training other public auditors, GAO will help ensure that federal dollars are well spent.
October 06, 2015 -
Senators added language to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act that's causing some in the government, and in industry, to worry. The provision centers on giving the Homeland Security Department emergency cyber powers over federal and contractor networks. In his weekly feature, Inside the Reporter’s Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why some are so concerned.
October 05, 2015 -
From the FitBit, to the Apple Watch, to Google Glass, wearable technology is getting a lot of hype as perhaps the next IT frontier. But it's not just the private sector that should keep an eye on these devices. Some state and local governments are beginning to experiment with them. Even federal agencies are beginning to think about how they might fit with their missions. Nolan Jones is director of innovation at NIC Inc., a company that works on eGovernment services for state and federal agencies. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the role wearable technology can serve in government.
October 05, 2015 -
Agencies have made little progress over the last two years protecting their data and computer networks. That's according to a new Government Accountability Office report reviewing 24 agencies' implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act. GAO finds most agencies still struggle with access control, configuration management, segregating IT responsibilities away from a single systems administrator. Greg Wilshusen is the director of information security issues at GAO. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
October 05, 2015 -
The Department of Defense has pursued acquisition reform for decades in an effort to address persistent cost and schedule growth across major programs. Now, six former defense officials at the University of Maryland have a long list of recommendations for how the department can finally achieve it. Jacques Gansler, former under secretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, chaired this recent work. He sat down with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a four-part interview on the report. Gansler says the group looked at the acquisition process in a holistic way.
October 05, 2015 -
A new survey from (ISC)² finds women make up just 10 percent of the information security workforce in 2015, down a percent from 2013, despite numbers of people entering the industry grew as a whole.
October 02, 2015 -
The latest biennial survey from (ISC)2 and Booz Allen Hamilton, "Women in Security" shows that women constitute only 10 percent of the privatesector InfoSec workforce.
October 02, 2015 -
When it comes to the information security workforce, it's still mainly a man's world. An (ISC)2 and Booz Allen Hamilton survey finds infosecurity gender diversity has made some progress, but women still make up a small percentage. This despite the growing demand for people skilled in cyber security, no matter what gender they are. Dan Waddell is managing director of the North America Region at (ISC)2. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the progress of women as infosecurity pros.
October 02, 2015 -
The results of the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey scores, released earlier this week, show employee engagement hit a mediocre, governmentwide average of 64 percent, just 1 percent higher than last year. David Dye is a director with Deloitte's Federal Human Capital Services sector. He studies the viewpoint survey year after year, and joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with his take on what the latest results mean.
October 02, 2015 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee calls on the Defense Department to create a cyber defense policy and not just a strategy. Lawmakers say they are concerned about a lack of definitive plans in case of a major cyber attack against the United States. All of this is happening as the U.S. and China sign an agreement to stop cyber theft. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione tells In Depth's Francis Rose more about the congressional concerns.
October 02, 2015 -
In today's news, federal employees and retirees who had their personal data stolen should begin receiving letters from the Office of Personnel Management over the next several days, the Air Force is lagging behind the other military services in making its service contracts competitive, and Nov. 5 is the next date federal employees should pay close attention to in the battle of the 2016 budget.
October 02, 2015 -
Shocking report on widespread Privacy Law violations is laced with the obvious shock and disgust on the part of the Office of Inspector General.
October 01, 2015 -
Contractors need to be ready for yet another new rule, this one from the Small Business Administration. Depending on what industry a contract is concerned with, contracting officers as of two weeks from now have new authority to give sole-source awards to women-owned and other disadvantaged businesses. Joe Petrillo is a partner at the law firm Petrillo & Powell. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the rule.
October 01, 2015 -
The Defense Department has teamed up with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to study the effects of concussions on service members and student-athletes. The project is run by a group of investigators dubbed the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education, or CARE, Consortium. Steve Broglio is an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Michigan and director of the NeuroTrauma Research Lab, one of the consortium's three research branches. He tells Federal News Radio's Matt Wingfield more about the consortium.
October 01, 2015