FISMA

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate lawmakers introduce FISMA reforms, including cyber incident reporting for agencies, contractors

The bill aims to ensure agencies and contractors are sharing information when they get hit by cyber attacks.

Cybersecurity

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Biden cybersecurity leaders back incident reporting legislation as ‘absolutely critical’

Cybersecurity

What about those seven departments who remain lax in cybersecurity controls?

Cybersecurity

The improved Technology Modernization Fund needs other reinforcement

Commentary

Who says mobile devices need protecting? FISMA, NIST and the DoD for starters.

Federal Insights

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Breaking down FITARA’s cyber scores: How do we raise the grade?

Commentary

Steny Hoyer, Anthony Brown, Eliot Engel, Don Beyer

DC area lawmakers hope to block funding for BLM move

Federal Newscast

VA cites slow progress in moving the needle on longstanding cyber concerns

Veterans Affairs

CISA stepping into cybersecurity coordinator role as agencies improve cyber hygiene

Cybersecurity

Trump’s budget request targets large backlog of asylum cases

Federal Newscast

With threat over for now, Congress to continue push for TSP withdrawal options during future shutdowns

TSP

NASA suffers breach of employee data

The space agency says hackers got into a server containing personal data, including social security numbers, and stole data.

Cybersecurity

Air Force to release new ‘fast-track’ cyber approval process

The Air Force believes its new streamlined ATO process will not only get systems online faster, it will deliver better security.

DoD Reporter's Notebook

OPM wants to let agency leaders administer direct hire authorities

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management is changing regulations on direct hire authorities.

FISMA

Senate lawmakers introduce FISMA reforms, including cyber incident reporting for agencies, contractors

Biden cybersecurity leaders back incident reporting legislation as ‘absolutely critical’

What about those seven departments who remain lax in cybersecurity controls?

The improved Technology Modernization Fund needs other reinforcement

Who says mobile devices need protecting? FISMA, NIST and the DoD for starters.

Breaking down FITARA’s cyber scores: How do we raise the grade?

DC area lawmakers hope to block funding for BLM move

VA cites slow progress in moving the needle on longstanding cyber concerns

CISA stepping into cybersecurity coordinator role as agencies improve cyber hygiene

Trump’s budget request targets large backlog of asylum cases

With threat over for now, Congress to continue push for TSP withdrawal options during future shutdowns

NASA suffers breach of employee data

Air Force to release new ‘fast-track’ cyber approval process

OPM wants to let agency leaders administer direct hire authorities

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