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White House sets new deadline for agencies to use CISA monitoring tools

The latest FISMA guidance sets a new deadline for agencies to report most of their IT systems through CISA’s CDM program.

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Congress wants to overhaul FISMA. Agencies are already measuring security differently

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Senate report advocates FISMA reforms after finding slow progress on agency cybersecurity

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GSA, Education, USAID receive ‘As’ on FITARA scorecard

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Senators hope to secure back pay for contractors affected by government shutdown

In today’s Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted…

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Federal unions’ OPM lawsuits heading back to court

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal employee unions are heading back to court to pursue their cases against the Office of Personnel Management over the…

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‘Major’ cyber breach of 44,000 FDIC customers triggered by former employee’s mistake

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, says a former FDIC employee breached the information of 44,000 FDIC customers more than a month ago.

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