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Companies like Boeing must deal with a regulatory environment, the compliance to which is a major corporate function in itself.
December 23, 2015 -
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Over the next few months, sailors throughout the Navy’s fleet can expect to see new consequences when they violate the service’s cybersecurity policies. Troy Johnson is the director of the newly established Navy Cybersecurity division. In this excerpt from the latest edition of On DoD shared with Federal Drive with Tom Temin, he tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu, accountability measures are just one thing the Navy is working on to drive home the fact that cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility.
December 23, 2015 -
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Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen has notified employees that all of the department's PCs now using any Microsoft operating system will be upgraded to Windows 10 by January 2017. Secretary Ash Carter will publish an execution order with details on the secure configuration everyone is supposed to use. Copies will come from the so-called secure host baseline image. For insight into how this will work, Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione spoke with Nigel Hughes, the vice president of sales at systems integrator SteelCloud. He shares the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 23, 2015 -
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While everyone else is celebrating the holidays, someone will have to be on duty watching for cybersecurity threats. 2016 won't bring the end of the cyber threat, but it will see it morphing, along with the best ways to deal. Amit Yoran has been following the cyber threat for decades. Now the president of RSA, he joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a look at the cybersecurity trends part of the look-ahead to 2016.
December 23, 2015 -
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More than just the FBI is taking advantage of the advanced capabilities of the Next Generation Identification system. The FBI hired Lockheed Martin to build it for their needs, but other agencies are finding huge benefits too. Stephen Morris is the assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. In part 2 of his interview with Executive Editor Jason Miller, Morris discusses how NGI is becoming the standard for all federal, state and local law enforcement needs.
December 23, 2015 -
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The Broadcasting Board of Governors has faced a leadership revolving door and low scores for employee engagement. It's new CEO, John Lansing, is trying to change that while pushing the agency deeper into new media. The former broadcasting and publishing executive is not quite five months on the job, and he tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that he's not sitting still.
December 23, 2015 -
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The FBI was certain its new fingerprint processing system would help solve cases faster. But a year into using the Next Generation Identification system, the bureau is reaping benefits beyond what it imagined five years ago when it first began the update key crime solving service nearly 10 years ago. Stephen Morris, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, tells Executive Editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how NGI’s technology advancements is changing the way the FBI works.
December 22, 2015 -
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The number-two civilian jobs in all three military departments are vacant for the moment. But the Senate could vote as soon as next month to confirm new undersecretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, the nominees say their top priorities will be restoring military readiness and shrinking their departments’ headquarters staffs.
December 22, 2015 -
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Congress managed to complete the heavy lifting and pass a budget for 2016. Now what? Lawmakers are off duty until after the start of the new year, and then what happens? For a look ahead, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings.
December 22, 2015 -
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As 2015 winds down, federal contracting officers face changes in 2016. For one expert's take, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Partners.
December 22, 2015 -
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The Defense Department has grown its acquisition work force by 26,000 over the last few years. But it's not enough, according to the Government Accountability Office. Auditors found six of the 13 acquisition career fields didn't meet growth goals. Tim DiNapoli, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management at GAO, spoke with Federal News Radio's Eric White about the DOD's workforce issues on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 22, 2015 -
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In Tuesday's Federal Headlines, Beth Moten, legislative and political director for the American Federation of Government Employees is retiring after 31 years with the organization.
December 22, 2015 -
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It's not the best law ever written, but the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act could make things a little better.
December 21, 2015 -
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The National Commission on the Future of the Army is closing in on a year of work and is expected to come out with its final report by Feb. 1. The commission has been tight lipped on what recommendations it will give the Army. In its latest meeting, the commission let a few details slip. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione was there and fills in the details for Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read Scott's related story.
December 21, 2015
