Reps. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) have introduced a new bill that seeks to limit federal agency hiring in an effort to reduce costs without removing federal employees from their
MoreThe White House has updated its proposal for legislation to promote the sharing of information on cybersecurity threats between government and industry in an effort to increase collaborations between the public and
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The Energy Department has developed a new dashboard tool it plans to use to protect its networks and systems against cybersecurity incidents, DOE’s chief architect has told Federal News Radio. Rick Lauderdale
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A Department of Homeland Security-commissioned study has identified keys to removing barriers for government agencies to develop and implement open source software. The “Open Source Software in Government: Challenges and Opportunities” report
MoreThe Treasury Department has unveiled both short-term and long-term plans to fix the issues with the federal spending portal, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes Treasury plans to overhaul first the mapping
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Mark Forman, a former U.S. chief information officer, believes the next federal CIO should possess knowledge of both government policies and processes, FCW reported Thursday. “In government, so much emanates from the appropriations process,
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The Food and Drug Administration plans to appoint a new chief information officer within the next few months after the agency decided to split that role from the chief informatics officer positions, Federal News Radio reported
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has established a new risk assessment office within its division of economic and risk analysis in an effort to develop data analytics-based risk assessment tools and models. The
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The Government Accountability Office has urged the the Defense and Homeland Security Departments and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to implement additional oversight of their personnel security revocation process. GAO said
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Richard Spires, CEO of Resilient Network Systems, believes government agencies should develop good relationships with contractors to accomplish information technology programs. Spires wrote in a column for FCW published Friday that a
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