Cybersecurity
Is there a cybersecurity workforce crisis?
The federal government will need 10,000 cybersecurity experts in the near future. But striking the right balance is more complicated than simply recruiting and hiring new employees.
Digital Government
Private sector could bridge satellite gap
NOAA is considering commercial satellite providers as one of several options to keep weather data flowing during a potential three-year gap in the government's satellite coverage.
Cybersecurity
Is FISMA why NSA influenced NIST?
The Computer Security Act of 1987 limited the NSA's ability to control certain government systems, but that changed 15 years later when FISMA was enacted.
People
Public sector's push toward risk management paying off
Agencies are doing better than the private sector at integrating risk into cybersecurity decisions, study finds.
Cybersecurity
Shutdown would not threaten NIST framework schedule
NIST's preliminary cybersecurity framework, due in October, is essentially complete.
People
NIST head defends work with NSA
NSA will continue to be involved in cybersecurity standards because of its 'deep reservoir of knowhow.'
Digital Government
Shutdown prospect puts weather forecasts in doubt
NOAA is still trying to decide which personnel would be subject to furlough.
Digital Government
Internal review finds FirstNet followed transparency rules
Complaint centered on e-mail threads and conference calls among directors that a board member believed should have been announced by public notice and included in the public record.
Digital Government
Satellite launch delay extends time with no backup
A six-month launch delay for NOAA's next-generation geostationary satellites could mean the agency will violate its policy of always having a backup weather satellite in orbit.
Digital Government
NASA, NOAA chastised over testimony
Lawmaker finds agencies 'inconsiderate' during hearing on satellite coverage.
Digital Government
GAO critiques NOAA satellite programs
Congressional hearing, new reports explore program-management challenges and the problems that launch delays could produce.
Cybersecurity
Trusted ID programs garner $7 million in NIST grants
Five organizations working to develop and pilot identity protection and verification systems have earned a funding boost.
People
NIST recommends against NSA-influenced standards
Users should hold off on a standard approved years ago while NIST and the public get another chance to evaluate it.
Cybersecurity
How deep does NSA incursion at NIST go?
Readers wonder whether revelations that NSA influenced some NIST standards imply a deeper connection.
Cybersecurity
NIST reopens NSA-altered standards
Director defends the organization's integrity, invites new examination of long-adopted documents.
Cybersecurity
What NSA's influence on NIST standards means for feds
Leaked documents show the National Security Agency introduced weaknesses into computer security standards, putting at risk NIST's reputation as a disinterested purveyor of cyber guidelines.
Cybersecurity
NIST cyber framework depends on you
The Institute is trying to maximize opportunities for public participation in developing its guidelines.
Digital Government
International pact helps NOAA mitigate satellite data loss
A five-year agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites at least partially helps offset a potential gap in polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage.
Cybersecurity
NIST issues preliminary cybersecurity draft framework
Sources say draft is a a 'solid gauge' of what the final framework is likely to look like.
Digital Government
Satellite predicts eruption
A NOAA weather satellite detected the eruption of a volcano in Japan 14 hours before it happened.
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