FCW Insider: June 8, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Comment: Security clearance demands are exploding and government must keep up
The federal government must evolve security clearance standards to reflect certain cultural realities while also looking to improve clearance reciprocity between agencies, writes Rep. Gerry Connolly.
JEDI remains key to Pentagon's JADC2 dreams
The Defense Department has an official strategy for implementing Joint All Domain Command and Control, but it still needs an enterprise cloud capability to make it real.
Comment: Leveraging the TMF to improve customer experience
Focusing on customer experience as part of the Technology Modernization Fund investment strategy will enable agencies to improve service and build trust in government.
DOJ seizes $2.26 million in ransom paid out by Colonial Pipeline
The FBI on Monday said it has identified at least 90 victims across multiple industrial sectors that Darkside has victimized.
Quick Hits
*** The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a $725 million task order to AT&T for network modernization including wide area networking, virtual private networking and managed network services. The task order made under the $50 billion governmentwide Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract vehicle was awarded in September 2020, according to data in the Govwin contracting database, and was just announced this week.
*** The U.S. is increasingly reopening and more employees are returning to their offices. Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman assembled a group of government contractors to learn how they are applying lessons learned to create a "new normal" in business operations. Read more in WT.
*** FCW's Network Modernization Workshop is tomorrow, June 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. ET. Registration is free for government employees and military personnel, so sign up and tune in to hear from the General Services Administration's leads for the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions transition, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's 5G experts, and transformation leaders from the Departments of Education and Labor, the Defense Information Systems Agency, Customs and Border Protection and more.