DOTGOV Implementation Cost Estimated Close to Nil, CBO Says Nov 27, 2019 | 8:00 am The Congressional Budget Office estimated in a Nov. 21 report that the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act would cost very little to implement. […]
Beth Angerman to Leave GSA Nov 26, 2019 | 3:26 pm Beth Angerman, principal deputy associate administrator of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Governmentwide Policy, will leave GSA on Dec. 6, MeriTalk has learned. […]
Army Taps Private Sector CTO to Lead Cloud Office Nov 26, 2019 | 2:51 pm The U.S. Army has appointed Paul Puckett the first director of its Enterprise Cloud Management Office (ECMO) within the Army’s office of the CIO, effective Nov. 25. He was Chief Technology Officer for Federal at Pivotal Software, a cloud platform and consulting company. […]
Open Technology Fund Names CEO, President Nov 26, 2019 | 12:12 pm The Open Technology Fund (OTF), a nonprofit that works on projects to advance global internet freedom, has named Libby Liu chief executive officer. […]
DoD Making More Use of OTAs to Buy ‘Innovative’ Tech Nov 26, 2019 | 11:13 am The Department of Defense (DoD) has increased its use of Other Transactional Authorities (OTAs) to bring prototypes into the department, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released November 22. […]
GSA Issues Advance Notice for Contracts Mass Modification Nov 26, 2019 | 11:02 am The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing an advance notice for schedule contractors for a Mass Modification (Mass Mod) that will update their contracts to the parameters of the new consolidated Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) for product, services, and solutions. […]
CBO: Bill to Codify CDM Program Would be Cheap Fix Nov 26, 2019 | 10:56 am According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released Nov. 21, the Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act, H.R. 4237, would cost less than $500,000 to implement over the next five years if the legislation becomes law. […]
Air Force Promotes Success With VAULT Data Platform Nov 26, 2019 | 10:02 am Air Force Chief Data Officer (CDO) Eileen Vidrine shared success stories from the implementation of the agency’s Visible, Accessible, Understandable, Linked and Trusted (VAULT) Data Platform in a panel discussion at ACT-IAC’s Data Driven Decision-Making Forum on Nov. 22. […]
Catherine Marsh Returns to IARPA as Director Nov 26, 2019 | 9:23 am Catherine Marsh has returned to the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) as the organization’s new director, according to a Nov. 22 press release from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). […]
New Legislation Would Bolster Law Enforcement Tech Nov 25, 2019 | 12:24 pm A bipartisan group of House members introduced the Technology in Criminal Justice Act, which would establish an Office of Digital Law Enforcement within the Department of Justice (DoJ). […]
DoE Audit Flags Numerous Cyber Issues, 54 Fix Recommendations Nov 25, 2019 | 11:50 am The Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reported numerous cybersecurity weaknesses at DoE and issued 54 recommendations to the agency throughout Fiscal Year 2019, according to a report released on Nov. 19. […]
NCCoE Project Aims to Boost Supply Chain Security Nov 25, 2019 | 10:53 am The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCoE) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are seeking comments for a new project to improve supply chain security. […]
CISA Piloting Election Security Auditing Tool Ahead of 2020 Nov 25, 2019 | 10:35 am The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced Nov. 21 that it is developing and piloting a new open-source post-election auditing tool for use in the 2020 elections. […]
GSA to Keep Pushing on IT Modernization in FY2020 Nov 25, 2019 | 9:45 am The General Services Administration (GSA) made strides in IT transformation throughout Fiscal Year 2019 and plans to continue to prioritize modernization in FY2020, according to its FY2019 Agency Financial Report released on Nov. 21. […]
FCC Votes to Bar Using USF Funding for Huawei, ZTE Services Nov 22, 2019 | 4:12 pm The Federal Communications Commission voted today to bar the use of Universal Service Fund (USF) money to pay for equipment and services supplied by China-based communications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE, and more broadly any other firms that “pose a national security threat” to the U.S. […]
Graves: Governance is Key to Federal Data Strategy Act Nov 22, 2019 | 3:20 pm The Federal Data Strategy and Evidence-Based Policymaking Act must have a collaborative and governed approach for it to succeed, Deputy Federal CIO for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Margaret Graves said today. […]
OMB’s Margaret Weichert: Data is the “Lifeblood” of Fed Service Delivery Nov 22, 2019 | 12:16 pm Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Margaret Weichert praised the value of data management and public-private partnerships to improve Federal government service delivery at ACT-IAC’s Data Driven Decision-Making Forum on Nov. 22. […]
President Trump Signs CR to Fund Government Through Dec. 20 Nov 22, 2019 | 11:23 am The White House announced that President Trump had signed the continuing resolution passed by Congress to fund Federal agencies through December 20, averting a government shutdown. […]
Vest RPA Tech Management With Line Employees, VA Official Recommends Nov 22, 2019 | 10:34 am Bill James, Deputy Assistant Secretary for DevOps at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discussed the use and impact of robotic process automation (RPA) technology on Nov. 20, and spoke in favor of vesting practical management of RPA applications with the line employees whose jobs the technology will impact the most. […]
House Panel Advances Federal 5G Security Strategy Bill Nov 22, 2019 | 10:13 am A bipartisan bill to develop a next-generation mobile communications strategy cleared the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) via a voice vote on Nov. 20. […]
OMB Updates FISMA Guidance for FY2020 Nov 22, 2019 | 9:41 am The Office of Management and Budget released its updated guidance for complying with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), setting the timeline for Federal agencies to assess their cybersecurity posture. […]
Senate Approves Stopgap Spending Bill Featuring Military Pay Raise Nov 21, 2019 | 2:12 pm The Senate voted 74-20 today in favor of a House-passed continuing resolution (CR) that will fund Federal government operations through Dec. 20. The CR will go to President Trump’s desk for signature. […]
FEC Lacks Adequate Information Security Procedures, OIG Says Nov 21, 2019 | 2:05 pm The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is missing effective IT governance and struggles with internal cyber vulnerabilities, according to an FEC Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released on Nov. 19. […]
House E&C Approves Supply Chain Threat-Sharing Bill Nov 21, 2019 | 1:13 pm The Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019 cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee via a voice vote on Nov. 20. […]
House E&C Clears Bill to Improve Feds’ Broadband Service Mapping Nov 21, 2019 | 12:42 pm The House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) voted on Nov. 20 to approve the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (Broadband DATA Act). […]
Technetix joins NCTA Nov 21, 2019 | 11:25 am Technetix, a cable broadband equipment designer and manufacturer, joined trade group NCTA – the Internet and Television Association (NCTA). […]
Encryption Impact, Internal IT Security Among DoJ’s Top Challenges, OIG Says Nov 21, 2019 | 11:25 am An Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report cites prosecuting cybercrime in the age of encryption, maintaining election security, and protecting its own IT systems as areas of top management and performance challenges facing the Department of Justice (DOJ). […]
Senior Cyber Official Jeanette Manfra to Depart CISA Nov 21, 2019 | 11:18 am Jeanette Manfra, assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is leaving CISA at the end of the year, an agency official confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
White House OSTP Names Two New Deputy CTOs Nov 21, 2019 | 11:13 am White House Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Michael Kratsios confirmed on Twitter that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has promoted Lynne Parker and Winter Casey to the positions of deputy CTO. […]
Fed CIOs Tell Agencies to Consider ‘Repeatability’ in TMF Proposals Nov 20, 2019 | 3:47 pm The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) received praise from top Federal CIOs at ATARC’s TMF event on Nov. 20 but for agencies looking to score a grant, board members recommended proposing projects with government-wide significance. […]