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Feds Applaud New FITARA Cloud Category, Aim to Improve

Although Federal agencies received low marks in the new cloud computing category of the 17th edition of the FITARA Scorecard issued today by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., tech leaders from several agencies expressed gratitude for creation of the new category and shared plans to improve their scores going forward. […]

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FITARA 17: Pentagon Leads in Cloud; DCOI Change Takes Away Easy ‘A’

The downward trend in overall agency grades on the 17th edition of the FITARA Scorecard issued by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., today reflects two big changes in how the latest scorecard was assembled – one of which Federal agencies can do something about going forward, and another that they cannot. […]

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GAO Pushes OMB, GSA to Finalize FedRAMP Work

While the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed new guidance to overhaul the General Services Administration’s (GSA) FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) program in October 2023, a new watchdog report is pushing both agencies to move quickly to finalize new program rules. […]

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FSCAC Searching for 4 Private Sector Cloud-Security Experts

The Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC) is looking to fill four open seats on its 15-member board that advises and provides recommendations to the General Services Administration (GSA) administrator, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Board, and Federal agencies.  […]

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DHS Looks for Input on Cloud/Machine Learning Project

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking for information that will support the agency’s Advanced Analytics Platform For Machine Learning (CAP-M) Project – a program under development at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – to support new software and tools in a multi-tenant cloud environment. […]

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Tech ‘Observability’ Growing by ‘Leaps and Bounds,’ DHS Official Says

The importance of technology “observability” has been growing by “leaps and bounds” as Federal agencies continue their journeys to the cloud and strive to meet government mandates, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said on Dec. 12. […]

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JWCC Lead Gives Program Overview as One-Year Mark Approaches

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) $9 billion multi-vendor cloud contract, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), has made more than $260 million in task order awards as it approaches the one-year mark, a DoD official said on Nov. 14. […]

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SAIC OutFront: ‘Trust, but Verify’ Cloud SLAs, Experts Say

As Federal government agencies are fast-tracking their secure multi-cloud journeys, experts this week urged agencies to take a “trust, but verify” approach to cloud security, which may require a cultural change across organizations. […]

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