President’s FY 2020 Budget Request Includes $88B for IT Spending at Civilian Agencies, DoD
The Department of Defense and civilian agencies would get approximately $87.8B in combined funds for information technology spending under President...
House Lawmakers Call for Contractor Back Pay in Appropriations Bill
A group of House lawmakers called on the House Appropriations Committee to include a provision to compensate federal contractor workers...
DISA Wants Mission Partners to Advance ‘App Rationalization’ for Cloud; John Hale Quoted
The Defense Information Systems Agency is encouraging mission partners to pursue “app rationalization” by rebuilding or customizing applications to leverage the benefits...
GAO: DoD Should Issue Guidance to Operationalize CMO’s Authorities, Responsibilities
A Government Accountability Office report says the Department of Defense must address three issues to fully institutionalize the responsibilities and authorities...
Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty: Army Cyber Command Focuses on Network, Info Warfare Capability Development
Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, head of Army Cyber Command, said ARCYBER prioritizes building and maintaining critical networks and information warfare capabilities to...
Patrick Shanahan: DoD’s FY 2020 Spending Plan a ‘Requirement-Informed Budget’
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the Pentagon’s $718 billion funding request for fiscal 2020 is a “requirement-informed budget” supporting...
Bill Zielinski: GSA Introduces New Software License Management Service
The General Services Administration launched a new service to help federal agencies manage software licenses. Bill Zielinski, acting assistant commissioner of GSA’s...
Report: DoD Launches Space Development Agency
Acting Defense Secretary and 2019 Wash100 Award winner Patrick Shanahan officially unveiled the new space development agency, CNN reported Wednesday....
Richard Spencer Issues Navy’s Cybersecurity Readiness Review
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer released a new report assessing the service’s cybersecurity posture. Spencer wrote in a letter published Tuesday that the Cybersecurity Readiness...
Report: DHS Faces Enforcement Issues With Cybersecurity Directives
The Department of Homeland Security released binding operational directives to direct agencies to implement cybersecurity measures against potential threats, but agencies...