Tom Temin
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The Boots-to-Business program has the goal of keeping service members on their feet once they leave the military. Jointly operated by the Defense Department and the Small Business Administration, Boots-to-Business has had a few changes. Barbara Carson, the acting associate administrator in the Office of Veteran Business Development at the SBA, joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with an update.
September 28, 2015 -
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) says agencies are moving too slowly to take advantage of cloud computing. Hurd, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT Operations, held a recent hearing on the state of federal cloud computing. In his weekly feature Inside the Reporter's Notebook executive editor Jason Miller writes about how much progress agencies have made in implementing cloud computing.
September 28, 2015 -
An invitation for you to comment on USASpending.gov is coming in the next week or so from the Treasury Department. It's looking for more feedback on how the site looks and functions, and whether the information itself is useful. It's just one the department's big projects as it helps agencies comply with the DATA Act. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko has more.
September 28, 2015 -
The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region's government contractors. The awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, celebrate high achievers. Between now and Nov. 5, Federal News Radio is interviewing the finalists for this year's awards. Mark Skinner is the Chief Strategy Officer for Xator Corporation, which is a finalist for this year's Contractor of the Year award in the $25-to-$75 million in sales category. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the nomination.
September 25, 2015 -
A rather nasty advanced persistent threat group known as “Naikon” targets governments and commercial interests in South, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea. Now, a team of researchers from two companies, Threat Connect and The Defense Group, has analyzed five years of Naikon activity. They think they've identified the individual behind the malware. Rich Barger is chief intelligence officer at ThreatConnect. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin now with the highlights from Project CameraShy.
September 25, 2015 -
When the military needs to send covert messages over its wireless networks, it cloaks the transmissions in virtual "noise" or chatter. This method hides secret communications effectively, but also consumes a lot of bandwidth, which limits message size and speed. Syed Ali Jafar is a research professor at the University of California Irvine. He's been working on a way to make military wireless networks larger, faster and able to accommodate more users, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research.
September 25, 2015 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s cyber defense headquarters says it's been involved in seven named operations since its establishment in January. Now the Joint Force DODIN is taking some of the operational pressure off of U.S. Cyber Command. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione tells Francis Rose more about DODIN and why its involvement in seven operations matters.
September 25, 2015 -
Maybe not at the state dinner, but President Obama could put Chinese President Xi Jinping on the defensive with a simple question. “So, how’s Ge Xing these days?” Ge Xing is an obscure officer in…
September 25, 2015 -
A blue-ribbon commission's review of the Mitre Corporation's audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs says if the agency doesn't push for sweeping reforms with Congress' help, the VA can expect more of the same scandals that put it under the microscope in 2014.
September 24, 2015 -
Data protection using encryption won't buy much unless you design it correctly. Like, keeping the keys away from the encrypted data. It's all in NIST publication 800-57. Look it up.
September 24, 2015 -
The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region's government contractors. The awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, celebrate high achievers. Between now and Nov. 5, Federal News Radio is interviewing the finalists for this year's awards. Greg Baroni is the chairman and CEO of Attain, which is a finalist for this year's GovCon Contractor of the Year award in the $25-to-$75 million in sales category. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on his nomination.
September 24, 2015 -
Encryption has been around almost as long as the ability to count. Yet it remains a difficult technology for CIOs to implement. Robert Bigman spent 30 years in the CIA, including 15 as its chief information security officer. Now he's an independent cyber security consultant and president of 2 B Secure. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some practical advice for approaching encryption.
September 24, 2015 -
Defense Department components are under orders to set up their own hubs to monitor their employees for signs of insider threats and respond if necessary. The Defense Intelligence Agency is one of the first DoD organizations to get its hub up and running. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, DIA started by asking whether its insider threat program could actually offer anything new
September 24, 2015 -
Agency inspectors general face a head-spinning rate of change in how they do their oversight work. That's from the Association of Government Accountants, which issued its third annual survey of federal IGs. Auditors said they're struggling to keep up with all the new requirements they face. David Zavada is the director of the IG survey for AGA, and a partner with Kearney & Company. He tells executive editor Jason Miller why IGs are struggling to keep up.
September 24, 2015 -
The upcoming presidential transition could easily derail some agency-level federal customer experience improvement efforts. And that means customer experience professionals should start preparing for the change now. Rick Parrish is a senior analyst at Forrester Research, and has authored a guide with 14 tips to start prepping.
September 23, 2015