At its core, a Jan. 31 executive order seeks to fundamentally address the integrity of the supply chain and e-commerce. Among the potential measures to be employed against entities that facilitate counterfeit trafficking is suspension and debarment from federal procurement.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 31 outlining the actions the government will take to crack down on counterfeit products coming into the American supply chain.
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement pondered a law professor's denied request by GAO for documents in Overstock.com's pending protest over GSA's e-marketplace procurement.
If a chain is only as strong as the weakest link, then small business in the federal or industrial supply chain needs to be forged a little tougher.
The Trump administration is working to determine the lead agency to coordinate information sharing for IT-related supply chain risks.
GSA and the Energy Department are trying to come up with approaches to bring down the ever-growing risk of cyber attacks to technology systems.
In today's Federal Newscast, seven of the Homeland Security department's Senate-confirmed positions are empty, and key Senators want the president to address the issue.
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Sheld to discuss supply chain risk management, agile software development and the policy highlights of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
The ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force at DHS issued four recommendations for how agencies and industry can address threats.
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study by the Government Accountability Office confirms it’s tough to be a medium-sized government contractor.
A draft version of the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, an assessment designed to measure and monitor cybersecurity practices of its contractors, is open for public comment.
Jimmie Adkins, the vice president of federal for Ruckus Networks, said 5G and CBRS will change the way agencies use connected devices and enable a faster, more secure network.
The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council released an interim final rule implementing the ban on ZTE and Huawei products and services on systems and networks used by federal contractors.
John Zanni, CEO at Acronis SCS joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Talk Talk to discuss cybersecurity, risk management and what can be done to make the supply chain for hardware manufacturing safer.
Matt Goodrich, of GSA, Ben Sweezy, of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Tony Scardino of USPTO, are among the federal executives on the move over the last month.