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Margaret Weichert to Leave OMB in March

Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Margaret Weichert will be leaving government in mid-March to return to the private sector, MeriTalk has learned. 

  • Karen Evans Alexander Gates Replacing Karen Evans as DoE Cyber Chief

    Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Dan Brouillette announced in a Feb. 13 memo that Karen Evans will leave her post as assistant secretary for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). She will be succeeded by Alexander Gates.

  • binary, data privacy, breach, data Sen. Gillibrand Drafts Data Privacy Legislation

    Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has drafted a bill that would create a U.S. Federal data strategy agency that would protect citizens' data and have the authority to enforce data practices across the U.S.

  • Pentagon DoD Defense Military Court Puts Temporary Hold On JEDI Contract Work

    The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued an order today that temporarily halts any new work on the Defense Department’s (DoD) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud services contract, according to numerous reports. The court ordered the temporary halt until it finishes sorting out a protest that was brought last year by Amazon Web Services […]

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  1. House Homeland Security Committee Passes Bill to Improve SLG Cybersecurity

    The House Homeland Security Committee advanced the State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act out of committee on Feb. 12.

  2. DoJ CIO Klimavicz Retiring from Government

    Department of Justice (DoJ) CIO and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joseph Klimavicz will retire from government effective Feb. 29, DoJ confirmed to MeriTalk.  

  3. House Committee Passes two Bills to Strengthen Energy Grid Cybersecurity

    The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved two bills on Feb. 12 to harden the U.S. electric grid against cyberattacks.

  4. U.S. Patent Trademark Office USPTO Commerce USPTO Adopting New Contract Strategy Amid Modernization Drive

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is updating its indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract strategy, agency officials said today.

  1. DHS CyberOps Center Moving to IT Ops Directorate

    Department of Homeland Security Acting CIO Beth Cappello said she is directing the move of the Cybersecurity Operations Center from the CISO Directorate to the Information Technology Operations Directorate (ITO).

  2. NSF Official Emphasizes Importance of Cloud-Native Apps

    Chezian Sivagnanam, chief enterprise architect at the National Science Foundation (NSF), stressed the importance of moving the Federal government to cloud-native applications, during a presentation Feb. 12 at an event organized by GovLoop and Red Hat.

  3. Reps. Khanna, Meadows Introduce Bill to Codify GSA CoE

    Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Mark Meadows, R-N.C., introduced legislation Feb. 13 to codify the General Services Administration (GSA) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) Centers of Excellence (CoE) program.

  4. IARPA Wants SMART Program Proposals by April 7

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity (IARPA) is looking for proposals by April 7 for tools and techniques to more efficiently search the surface of the earth using airborne and space-based cameras.

  5. Paul Beckman Departing DHS, Joining CNS

    Paul Beckman is leaving his position as Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), MeriTalk has learned. 

  6. OCWR Needs Improved Cybersecurity Management

    A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR) failed to incorporate cybersecurity management practices into the planning of its Secure Online Claims Reporting and Tracking E-filing System (SOCRATES) project.

  7. SBA Successfully Deploys Cloud-Based Monitoring of IT Systems

    The Small Business Administration (SBA) has successfully deployed a cloud environment to track all IT systems on its network, per CTO Sanjay Gupta during a Feb. 12 RedHat virtual summit.

  8. NGA Director Weighs Chinese Threat to U.S. Intelligence Capabilities

    Vice Admiral Robert Sharp, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), today discussed efforts by the Chinese government to increase its geospatial intelligence capabilities, and the pressing need for the U.S. to stay ahead of adversaries in that arena.

  9. House Reps. Want Transparency on VA EHR Delay

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health record (EHR) modernization launch in Spokane, Washington was indefinitely delayed on Feb. 10, leaving members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization concerned about agency transparency.

  10. IT Challenges Remain as 2020 Census Continues

    As the 2020 Decennial Census begins its count of the U.S. population, the Census Bureau faces “significant risks” that could impact the count, including IT and cybersecurity challenges.