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The Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) policy is making the move to the cloud more complex than some say it needs to be. It was one of three hot topics at the ACT-IAC Management of Change conference last week.
May 30, 2017 -
The General Services Administration and the Homeland Security Department gave vendors their first details about what the next five years of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program would look like.
May 30, 2017 -
Among the major items in the President's 2018 budget request are a few other provisions that have the potential to impact federal employees and their agencies.
May 26, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget request suggests personnel cuts at the majority of the 24 largest federal agencies. But the Homeland Security Department is one of the few that could undergo a bit of a hiring spree next year.
May 25, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three federal agencies launch a new network to quickly relay information about individuals considered a threat to police officers.
May 22, 2017 -
The Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security led a much more coordinated and informed defense against the WannaCry cyber attack that began May 12.
May 22, 2017 -
The government surpassed its 5 percent small business contracting goal for the fourth year in a row, but failed to hit two milestones for HUBZones and women-owned small businesses.
May 22, 2017 -
Kevin Cox, the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program manager, said 11 agencies have dashboards in place and more are expected to come online in the next few months.
May 18, 2017 -
In the wake of a major cybersecurity incident last week, federal information technology officials on Wednesday said the balancing act between cyber hygiene compliance and workforce morale remains an ongoing problem.
May 17, 2017 -
The Defense Department’s Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) participated in Vibrant Response 17 over the last month in an effort to better prepare for a whole of nation response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack or accident.
May 12, 2017 -
The Homeland Security Department spent 40 percent of its budget on personnel costs in fiscal 2016. That share may continue to rise, as the department attempts to hire 10,000 new immigration officers and 5,000 border patrol agents to meet the Trump administration's priorities. But DHS leaders say data analytics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will need to play a bigger role.
May 10, 2017 -
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't do a good job managing how it supervises and deports so-called non-detained aliens. John Shiffer, chief inspector in the Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 09, 2017 -
Tomas Okeefe and Chris Wiedemann, market research consultants at immixGroup, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to federal tech spending during the rest of fiscal year 2017. May 8, 2017
May 07, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, two senior Republican lawmakers have called for reassurances from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that is not interfering with its employees’ communications with members of Congress.
May 05, 2017 -
With a planned database, the Homeland Security Department aims to help cybersecurity insurers provide products that would-be customers can afford yet provide the coverage they need. Federal Drive with Tom Temin talks to Matt Shabat, director of performance management at DHS, who is a finalist in this year's Government Information Security Leadership Awards sponsored by (ISC)².
May 05, 2017