Federal Information Security Modernization Act

• 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 agency's cyber breaches. 

  Federal Newscast

  November 01, 2018
• ‘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.

  Cybersecurity

  April 11, 2016
• Jane Holl Lute, President and CEO, Council on Cybersecurity

  The Senate would like to grant new powers to federal chief information officers and update federal IT laws that haven't gotten much attention for the past dozen years. Those are a couple of the effects of new legislation the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved recently. One of the bills is the Senate version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act -- the other is an update to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, which Senators have been trying to modify for the past several years, without much success. She said on In Depth with Francis Rose the proposals are a big step in the right direction.

  All News

  July 07, 2014