Office of Management and Budget
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Allen Hill, the director of the Telecommunications Services Office at the General Services Administration, said most agencies will not meet the Sept. 30 deadline to award new contracts under EIS, but most are making good progress setting up 2020 to be a busy year.
September 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to hire an ethicist who can guide defense agencies on the application of artificial intelligence.
September 04, 2019 -
Jimmy Jones, who spent the last 20 years in federal service at the departments of Education, Interior and Transportation and the Recovery Board, is one of several people on the move in the federal IT and acquisition community.
September 03, 2019 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been waiting since January for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in OMB to finish its review of the new and expanded privacy controls in SP 800-53, Revision 5.
September 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from the Justice's Department's Inspector General reveals details on an investigation.
September 02, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Mark Esper is promising more open communication from the Pentagon.
August 29, 2019 -
How is the U.S. federal government leveraging data as a strategic asset? How is the federal government building the infrastructure for evidence-based policymaking? What does the future hold for the federal data and statistical communities? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Nancy Potok, Chief Statistician of the U.S. within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
August 26, 2019 -
The first cohort of the Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy has helped the administration identify some promising successes and some tough challenges, which federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent said will inform future iterations of the program and other training initiatives.
August 21, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, for the first time in 12 years, federal civilian agencies suffered no major cyber incidents in fiscal 2018.
August 19, 2019 -
In the annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report to Congress, which the administration made public on Aug. 16, OMB says the number of cyber incidents dropped by 12% as compared to 2017.
August 19, 2019 -
Amira Boland, who is coordinating the implementation of the Customer Experience Cross-Agency Priority Goal and the GEAR Center for OMB, and Jim Thompson. the director of private sector engagement at the State Department, are spearheading different approaches to bringing new thinking into the government.
August 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have one less thing to worry about for the final six weeks of fiscal 2019, budget cuts due to sequestration are not on the table.
August 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 123 C-130 planes are being temporarily removed from service after atypical cracks were discovered.
August 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office found leadership changes have stalled out some of the agency’s reorganization efforts.
August 05, 2019 -
POGO's Sean Moulton explained to Federal Drive why he thinks some of the actions being taken to reduce government committees are a step backward.
August 02, 2019