The Government Accountability Office has found that more than half of the 24 agencies it surveyed did not always use the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program when approving cloud services for government use.
Read More »Former OMB Leader Matthew Cornelius Joins Alliance for Digital Innovation
Matthew Cornelius, a former official at the Office of Management and Budget, has been appointed executive director at the Alliance for Digital Innovation industry group, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
Read More »NASA Officials Highlight Importance of SLS for Future Lunar Missions
Doug Loverro, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said the space agency essentially requires the Space Launch System to pursue the manned lunar mission planned for 2024, Space News reported Wednesday. Loverro made this statement with Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator, against criticisms on SLS' high sustainment costs compared to those of commercial launch vehicles.
Read More »Census Bureau to Pilot Data Science Reskilling Program in 2020
The Census Bureau intends to launch a reskilling effort with the Office of Personnel Management and Federal CIO Council focused on training personnel for data science activities in January 2020, FCW reported Wednesday.
Read More »CISA, OMB Issue Draft Policies on Vulnerability Disclosure
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a draft binding operational directive that would require federal agencies to have a vulnerability disclosure policy.
Read More »OMB to Refine Data Science Skills of Federal Workforce; Margie Graves Quoted
The Office of Management and Budget plans to administer a pilot program to repolish the data science skills of federal employees, Federal News Network reported Monday. The future program would also aim to help federal officers understand the importance of data science to achieve an agency's goals.
Read More »DHS Requests Feedback on Vulnerability Assessment Process
The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency seeks third party feedback on an effort to assess infrastructure security. CISA uses a system to gather critical infrastructure data from organizations, but the cost of assessments has risen from $1.8M to $1.9M, DHS said Thursday in a Federal Register notice.
Read More »Amyx Awarded OASIS Unrestricted Contract; Satya Akula Quoted
Amyx, Inc. has been awarded a One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Pool 1 contract from the General Services Administration (GSA) in the unrestricted category, Amyx announced on Thursday.
Read More »Commerce Dept Announces Formation of Advisory Panel on Data for Evidence Building
The Department of Commerce has announced the establishment of an advisory committee to review and offer recommendations on how to advance the use of government data for evidence building.
Read More »Ron Thompson on NASA’s Data Resources, Implementation of National Data Strategy
Ron Thompson, chief data officer at NASA, told Government Matters in a video interview posted Monday how the agency leverages data to support its missions. He discussed NASA’s data resources and how the agency executes the Office of Management and Budget’s National Data Strategy based on those resources.
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