The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a new draft of its cybersecurity guidance for federal agencies. The newly released guidance is a second draft revision of the Computer Security Incident Handling Guide, which was originally released in March 2008. The guidance provides framework for agencies to establish incident response teams to analyze [...]
A House subcommittee cleared a bill last week that would create nonprofit organization to promote information sharing across the public and private sectors, Federal News Radio reports. Bill sponsor Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) said the bill makes the Department of Homeland Security the focal point for protecting federal networks and private sector-owned critical infrastructure. Lungren is [...]
Air Force Acquisition Executive David Van Buren will step down in March, Defense News reports. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley announced Van Buren’s intent to leave and return to the private industry in an internal email Friday, according to Defense News. The Air Force has not officially named a successor to Van Buren, who assumed his position [...]
President Obama has nominated Joseph Jordan director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, according to a White House announcement. Upon congressional approval, Jordan will succeed Dan Gordon, who took up a teaching position at George Washington University‘s law school. Jordan currently serves in the as a senior adviser to acting OMB Director Jeffrey Zients, [...]
The Justice Department has appointed Luke McCormack department chief information officer, according to a department announcement. McCormack will assume the CIO position in late March and succeeds Van Hitch, who retired this past summer. DOJ Deputy CIO Eric Olson has served as acting CIO since Hitch retired and will return to his deputy post upon [...]
The National Capital Planning Commission has approved the Army‘s final master plan to build an intelligence campus in Bethesda, Md., the NCPC announced Thursday. The campus will be located at the former headquarters of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which relocated to Fort Belvoir, Va. in 2005. The Army Corps of Engineers will redevelop the 39-acre [...]
The House approved a bill Wednesday to extend the federal pay freeze through 2013, according to information provided by the Library of Congress. In a 307-117 vote, lawmakers passed the bill introduced by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.). The bill also includes language that places a hold on members of Congress’ salaries. The legislation now moves [...]
Lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday to fund the Federal Aviation Administration for the next four fiscal years, Bloomberg reports. The bill agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators ends short-term funding trend by providing the agency $63.6 billion, or $15.9 billion a year. The bill also allocates funds for the FAA’s next generation air traffic modernization [...]
The National Institute of Standards and Technologies is calling on agencies to take the lead in addressing security and privacy challenges relating to public cloud computing. NIST’s Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing do not suggest any specific service or deployment method for cloud computing, but lists several guidelines agencies should follow [...]
Google Plus users can now add the White House to their circles as of Friday. In a Friday blog post, the White House announced that it has joined Google’s social networking service in addition to its active Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. The White House said joining Google Plus is part the administration’s efforts to [...]