Office of Management and Budget
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As most have heard by now, the Office of Management and Budget recently issued new cybersecurity guidance as a follow-up to the Biden administration’s executive order from May of last year.
December 27, 2022 -
To nobody’s surprise, 2022 was another action-packed year for federal chief information security officers and cybersecurity teams across government.
December 26, 2022 -
A longtime goal to transition to a paperless government is once again a moving target.
December 23, 2022 -
The omnibus spending bill would give the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget 120 days to come up with a plan to speed up the federal hiring process.
December 22, 2022 -
Congress released the text of a massive government spending package for fiscal 2023, which includes an increase of $42.5 billion in non-defense spending and an increase of $76 billion in defense spending over enacted 2022 levels. But just a few days remain to pass the legislation and avoid either a government shutdown or another continuing resolution.
December 20, 2022 -
The 2023 Financial Service and General Government section of the Omnibus bill allocates $50 million for the Technology Modernization Fund, well below the $300 million the White House requested.
December 20, 2022 -
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said new FISMA metrics will ask agencies for more granular data on how they are meeting administration priorities.
December 20, 2022 -
The President’s Pay Agent issued an annual report, approving four new pay localities, while also noting the need for larger reforms to the federal compensation system.
December 19, 2022 -
When it comes to viewpoint survey scores, it's important not to confuse cause and effect
December 15, 2022 -
The latest Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard showed seven agencies improved their grades since last period and 17 stayed the same with USAID receiving the only “A” grade.
December 15, 2022 -
Biden administration officials point to “great strides” in agencies progress under the President’s Management Agenda, just after it hit its one-year anniversary.
December 14, 2022 -
Software supply chair risk management isn’t just for DoD and the Intelligence Community anymore. Get a primer on implementing SCRM from CISA’s Bob Costello, OMB’s Chris DeRusha and State’s Zetra Batiste.
December 06, 2022 -
The latest FISMA guidance sets a new deadline for agencies to report most of their IT systems through CISA's CDM program.
December 06, 2022 -
The Office of Management and Budget asked agencies to submit data about how they are protecting their domains from distributed denial of service attacks after a Russian-based group claimed responsibility for two successful incidents.
December 06, 2022 -
Federal technology executives around government were moving into new jobs, retiring or heading to the private sector over the last few months.
November 29, 2022