FCW Insider: March 12, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
CMMC board's training lead resigns
Ben Tchoubineh, the CMMC accreditation body's chair for training and CMMC board member Nicole Dean, the chief information security officer for Accenture, have voluntarily resigned, FCW has learned.
VA watchdog cautions on pandemic hires
Temporary waivers to speed hiring at VA medical facilities have helped fill workforce gaps, but the agency's Inspector General warns on security risks of putting off certain security checks.
Will DOD keep collaborating after CVR?
Commercial Virtual Remote, spun up last year to support pandemic telework, goes away this summer. DISA is working to ensure the cloud collaboration continues.
Quick Hits
*** The Combined Federal Campaign is launching a special 30-day giving program in support of charities serving victims of Winter Storm Shirley, which devastated parts of Texas last month, the Office of Personnel Management announced March 11. The special program runs through April 9.
*** Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) will co-chair the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus alongside Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). Tillis will take over for former Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) who lost his re-election bid last year to former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.
*** The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing March 18 about "understanding and responding to the SolarWinds supply chain attack," according to the committee's website.