CIO Council
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OMB will issue a new memo on HSPD-12 in the coming weeks. Agencies are feeling more pressure to meet the secure identity card requirements. Administration is also closer to finalizing new strategy for securing online transactions.
April 02, 2010 -
New report from the Modernizing IT forum details the next steps OMB and agencies will take. The administration wants to focus on IT program management and customer service.
March 26, 2010 -
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will sign a memo requiring agencies to do another, more detailed survey of their data centers. Agencies also are working on a department-wide plan to consolidate these buildings.
February 26, 2010 -
Deputy DoD CIO Wennergren dispels rumors of modified responsibilities for next appointee. Technology executives see their responsibilities evolve to meet their agency\'s mission. OMB will issue memo reaffirming the role of the CIO.
December 02, 2009 -
More than 3.3 million agency employees now have secure ID cards. The CIO Council also releases new roadmap and implementation guidance for identity and access management. The guidance is intended to bring several governmentwide efforts together under one initiative.
December 01, 2009 -
Ponemon Institute study details why.
November 23, 2009 -
The councils will focus on three main areas to develop competency framework. Agencies have until Jan. 15 to submit data about how they classify cyber positions. Interagency working group also will conduct a survey of cybersecurity workforce in the spring.
November 23, 2009 -
Agencies now have until Aug. 30 to hire a telecommunications provider. GSA and the carriers still are concerned that they will not have enough time to complete the transition by mid-2011. Interagency Management Council trying to increase the urgency of the need for agencies to move to Networx.
November 19, 2009 -
New group surveyed CIOs to find out what questions they had about this technology and received more than 15 pages of comments. The panel created working groups to address many of the questions. Group will send recommendations to an executive steering committee for action.
November 09, 2009 -
Peter Tseronis, co-chairman of the council\'s cloud computing advisory committee, explains what he and others are doing.
November 09, 2009 -
OMB has launched new tool to automate FISMA reporting. This data will help populate a new cybersecurity dashboard, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says. OMB also wants to collect more specific data around how much and where agencies are spending money on IT security.
October 30, 2009 -
New group is developing performance measures that are based on outcomes. OMB has set a November deadline for a draft of the metrics that will be reviewed by government and industry. DHS says the governmentwide focus to improve cybersecurity is on standards, metrics and authentication.
October 02, 2009 -
New document outlines best practices, ideas and what to avoid when deploying 2.0 tools at your agency.
September 29, 2009 -
There has been all sorts of talk about Web 2.0 and security, and the Defense Department is on the front lines of that discussion. We are expected the DoD policy on these Web 2.0 tools…
September 29, 2009 -
The document focuses recommendations around five areas. Council says current policies should be enough to securely use social media.
September 18, 2009