FCW Insider: April 1, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Mayorkas announces cyber 'sprints' on ransomware, ICS, workforce
The Homeland Security secretary announced a series of focused efforts to address issues around ransomware, critical infrastructure and the agency's workforce that will all be launched in the coming weeks.
Federal buildings, vehicles set to go green in Biden's $2T infrastructure package
Updates to federal facilities and an emphasis on electric vehicles are just part of the Biden Administration's $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan announced on Wednesday.
First set of CMMC certification orgs emerge
The Defense Department's unified cybersecurity program is making gains with its first tranche of certifying bodies, but assessments for defense contractors are a ways off.
Comment: How the government could become the next Airbnb
Emerging and established technologies hold great potential for addressing our nation's evolving challenges; the trick is in helping government agencies integrate them into their operations.
Quick Hits
*** The U.S. Army awarded Microsoft a 10-year, $21.8 billion production contract to produce virtual reality headsets for combat troops called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System. The award is a massive scaling up of an other transaction authority contract to prototype headsets based on Microsoft's HoloLens commercial product for military use.
*** Democratic and Republican leaders on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform joined forces in letters sent March 31 to the heads of 23 agencies urging cooperation with ongoing Inspector General investigations.
*** According to a report in Politico, emails from the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs were hacked by Russian operatives in 2020.