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The Defense Department continues to test out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process with pathfinders and plans to pilot the approach with 10 contracts in 2021.
February 02, 2021 -
The department is only naming seven upcoming procurements as candidates for the CMMC pilot program for the moment, but says more could be announced in the coming weeks.
December 15, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Federal pay gap between men and woman has narrowed, but it's still there. Two congressmen want to stop government funding that pays for experiments on house cats. And Joint Chiefs' Chairman said America needs a bigger Navy.
December 04, 2020 -
The first pathfinders are expected to be announced in 'the next few days,' just after rules that pave the way for CMMC took effect.
December 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of Senate Democrats want to know how the Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine to veterans and employees.
November 25, 2020 -
The chairs of three House committees are looking into allegations that the Defense Department misspent about $1 billion in coronavirus relief funding.
October 09, 2020 -
The Air Force's top acquisition official said reforms that were initiated long before a pandemic was on the horizon went a long way toward dealing with the current emergency.
September 24, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, National Archives and Records Administration employees have spent the pandemic making Black history records more accessible to the public.
July 14, 2020 -
The private organization administering the Cybersecurity Certification Model Certification Program on DoD's behalf opened the application process for five types of participants in the CMMC "ecosystem."
June 24, 2020 -
Sarkis Tatigian joined the Navy in 1942. He’s been there ever since, until his death this week at the age of 96. Read about him and other Defense news in this week's DoD Reporter's Notebook.
April 08, 2020 -
In what was lightning speed in Pentagon terms, the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is out. For an update, we spoke with law firm RJO partner Bob Metzger.
February 20, 2020 -
An inaugural NDIA report says defense industry is financially strong and generally competitive, but points to workforce, cybersecurity challenges.
February 06, 2020 -
The Pentagon published the 1.0 version of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program on Friday after several months of listening sessions on draft editions. CMMC will make its way into Defense contracts later this year.
January 31, 2020 -
The Pentagon hopes to pick a nonprofit organization to oversee its new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by January, with CMMC being applied to at least some new contracts by next summer.
July 23, 2019 -
As part DoD’s move to shore up its supply chain, the Pentagon is developing with industry and other experts a new cybersecurity maturity model that is borrowing from standards like ISO 9000.
June 17, 2019