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CISA says the program will allow it to hire more cyber experts from non-traditional backgrounds.
October 20, 2021 -
Chief data officers are relatively new additions to most agencies, but the Biden administration sees them as an essential part of some of its top priorities.
October 15, 2021 -
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) urged the Biden administration to create the "institutional infrastructure" needed to support an executive order on improving equity within government services and step up data collection programs.
October 15, 2021 -
A new law enacted last month requires the Office of Management and Budget to post their annual budget justification documents online. And to maintain a downloadable data set. OMB and Treasury have a year to develop the standards and procedures.
October 14, 2021 -
The Office of Management and Budget issued a new memo requiring agencies to assess their current status and plan for the future around end-point detection and response tools.
October 12, 2021 -
To improve detecting cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents, Section 7 of President Joe Biden's cybersecurity executive order requires agencies to deploy endpoint detection and response tools, aimed at proactively detecting incidents.
October 12, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the delta variant of COVID-19 is pushing back return-to-work timelines for some federal employees.
October 11, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget seeks a Chief Statistician to the Biden administration’s data priorities forward.
October 08, 2021 -
The Defense Department is outlining the tools and capabilities it will need to stand up its zero-trust program office later this fall, and improve its overall cybersecurity posture.
October 07, 2021 -
An annual survey of CDOs finds common hurdles, like workforce challenges, change management and funding make it harder to get work done.
October 06, 2021 -
The bill aims to ensure agencies and contractors are sharing information when they get hit by cyber attacks.
October 04, 2021 -
A tangled web of policies on artificial intelligence is coming from the White House, Congress and agency leadership, but those policies aren’t syncing up yet into a single strategy for how the federal government should develop or field AI tools.
September 30, 2021 -
GSA, OPM, Education and DHS received funding for IT modernization projects with a focus on cybersecurity and improving citizen services.
September 30, 2021 -
President Joe Biden’s executive order 14028 in May, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” was the catalyst for three documents to help agencies adopt zero trust cybersecurity principles.
September 27, 2021 -
Like the vaccine mandate for employees, federal contractors must also show proof of vaccination to their employer. The Biden administration's vaccine policies also apply to federal contractors working from home, as well as employees working for a covered contractor but not directly on specific government project.
September 24, 2021