CDM Program Facing Steep Funding Shortfall as Demand Outstrips Budget
The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program – the Federal government’s primary program to improve civilian agency cyber security – is running short on money and putting its four prime contractors on half rations until the funding situation improves.
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Krebs: Georgia Recounts Show Election Was Secure
Christopher Krebs, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director fired by President Trump earlier this month for disputing broad White House assertions of fraud in the 2020 general election, said on a Nov. 29 broadcast of “60 Minutes” that multiple recounts of votes in Georgia offer a measure of proof that the election’s outcome was not impacted by widespread fraud.
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FCC Chairman Pai Departing in January
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said today he will leave the commission on January 20, 2021, when the Biden administration takes over the executive branch.
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NASA Looks to Licenses Cloud-Based Sky Router Technology
NASA’s Technology Transfer Program is soliciting inquires from companies interested in licensing its cloud-based Sky Router technology, according to a Nov. 30 Special Notice on Beta.Sam.gov.
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President-Elect Biden to Nominate Tanden for OMB Director
President-elect Joe Biden is continuing to establish top leadership for the incoming administration by announcing plans to nominate key members of his economic team, including Neera Tanden as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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Executive Q&A: Rackspace Technology Talks FedRAMP and Speeding the Path to ATO
Build once, use many times is a framework designed to bring efficiency and innovation to a wide variety of practices. In Federal government IT, perhaps the best known example is the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), which endeavors to adopt this approach to standardize security and compliance of cloud solutions at work in the Federal government. It’s a worthy goal that is well underway.
On Tuesday, December 1 at 1:30 p.m. ET, join MeriTalk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Defense Acquisition University, and Coursera for a free webinar to hear how Federal agencies are using data to power their mission and drive outcomes, and the critical need for digital reskilling as they modernize at an increasingly rapid […]
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Sparring With SteelCloud’s Brian Hajost on CDM Maturation
Brian Hajost is not an MMA fighter, but he did provide us with great tips to put up a good fight against cyber adversaries. MMA: Mitigation, Mechanization, and Automation are some of the key talking points. MeriTalk sat down with Brian, President and CEO at SteelCloud, to talk about that big M in CDM – Mitigation – ahead of Brian’s appearance at our CDM Central conference on December 3.
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JAIC Director Explains DoD’s AI Vision
Marine Corp. Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, the recently installed director of the Defense Department’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), explained his vision for JAIC 2.0 in an address to reporters on Nov. 24, and what people should know about DoD’s AI aims going forward.
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Army Teams With Howard University on AI Center
The U.S. Army is partnering up with Howard University as they continue to assist the Department of Defense (DoD) guide its research in developing its $7.5 million center of excellence meant to deliver AI technologies.
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House Democrats Query Agencies on Political Appointee ‘Burrowing’
The chairs of 23 House committees and subcommittees sent a letter to Federal agency heads on Nov. 25 inquiring about the extent to which Trump administration political appointees may have “burrowed” into more permanent employment with the government through conversion of their jobs into civil service positions.
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GAO Identifies 5G Challenges, Identifies Opportunities for Development
Fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology can enable new capabilities with increased speeds and device connection, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report, but also presents challenges and policy options to the Federal government.
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COVID-19 Forcing Zero Trust Concepts Into Real-World Practices
Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of thousands of Federal employees to remote work environments, zero trust was mainly a concept in the minds of cybersecurity experts that had not been fully actualized. But as telework has become the new normal, enabling zero trust capabilities is a key goal for various agencies.
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Agencies See Synergies Between Cloud Moves and Zero Trust
With Federal agencies moving to the cloud and adapting to agency needs, the move away from a network-focused viewpoint compliments a zero-trust architecture, said IT officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).
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DoD Updates RFI to Move Biometric System Entirely to Cloud
The Defense Department (DoD) has broadened the scope of its request for information (RFI) as it looks to move its databases and entire operational system for biometric surveillance capabilities into a cloud environment.
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Innovation in Action – Pandemic Highlights Leadership in Federal Agencies
Necessity is the mother of invention – and innovation. That’s never been more clear than this year, as governments worldwide are faced with one, all-encompassing requirement: To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for strong leadership and accelerated modernization has never been so evident. When the pandemic struck in mid-March, critical government processes were forced to evolve almost overnight to meet the needs of the American people.
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GT4B Giving Way to Policy Inputs, Simpler Messaging
GovTech4Biden is going away, but the next stage of the larger impetus that propelled the successful effort is just beginning.
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Supply Chain Efforts Crucial to Army’s Data-Driven IT Modernization
For the U.S. Army, the mission drives everything. The Army is creating ready, prompt, and sustained warfighters to protect the nation – but two decades into the 21st century, war has evolved and challenged the department to quickly modernize and adapt to a changing landscape.
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Pentagon Tightening Workplace Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Spike
The Defense Department (DoD) is putting in place additional workplace restrictions for the Pentagon Reservation area over the Thanksgiving weekend – effective at 5:00 a.m. EST on Nov. 26 – due to the increased spike COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region.
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State Facing Information Security and Management Issues, OIG Says
In a report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of State that identifies the most significant management and performance challenges, the OIG found information security and management as one of those seven challenges.
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Early Diagnosis Speeds HHS, Industry to Pandemic Footing, Officials Say
Any good healthcare provider will tell you that early diagnosis of a problem can lead to better outcomes down the road – and IT leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proved the enduring truth of that adage in the agency’s quick adjustment to a telework footing as the coronavirus pandemic emerged earlier this year.