Cybersecurity
Shutdown guide, CTO study, US/UK cyber ties and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
OPM trumpets the 1 percent
In a partial release of major survey results, the Office of Personnel Management touted improvement, though the data reveal only minor changes in federal employee feelings.
Cybersecurity
Chaffetz demands mysteriously deleted OPM breach data
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee digging into a small business tool that may have played a role in uncovering the OPM breach.
Cybersecurity
Agency heads: It takes more tech than you think
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Cybersecurity
What the military learned from OPM
Civilian agencies have been publicly scouring the OPM breach for lessons, but military cyber leaders are also getting in on the act.
People
GOP bird dogging OPM's IT upgrade
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz is focusing his scrutiny on a giant modernization project which, according to OPM's inspector general, lacks funding and good management.
Cybersecurity
How OPM hopes to cultivate cyber talent
A partnership with truED allows feds to take online courses at substantially reduced rates.
Cybersecurity
Full dollar cost of OPM breach still a giant unknown
When you add up credit monitoring costs and cybersecurity spending, fallout from the OPM breach could potentially rocket past $1 billion. How much will be well spent? And what unknown costs are lurking?
Cybersecurity
OPM awards $133 million ID protection contract
The Office of Personnel Management and the Pentagon have awarded a $133 million contract to Identity Theft Guard Solutions LLC for identity theft protection for the millions hit by the OPM breach.
Cybersecurity
After the breach: 21.5 million exposed individuals still waiting
Feds have blown past the August deadlines for OPM breach notifications they now say they “never intended” to meet.
Cybersecurity
Exclusive: The OPM breach details you haven't seen
An official timeline of the Office of Personnel Management breach obtained by FCW pinpoints the hackers’ calibrated extraction of data, and the government's step-by-step response.
Digital Government
FirstNet shuffles execs, USIS forfeits $30M, DOD eyes Ashley Madison and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Chaffetz wants answers from US-CERT, OPM on hack
A top watchdog in Congress isn't done with his probes into the theft of personal data on feds.
Cybersecurity
Can America thump China for the OPM hack – and should it?
Foreign relations experts tackle tough questions of how, and if, the U.S. should retaliate against China for the latter's suspected orchestration of the biggest act of cyber espionage in history.
People
Another lawsuit for OPM, Ashley Madison's government customers and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
OPM: CDM will offer baseline security
The continuous diagnostics and mitigation program will give agencies a much-needed standard for reporting vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
How OPM breach victims can fight back
Credit monitoring and credit freezes are recommended, as is providing false information for security questions on social media, banking and other websites.
People
OPM's push for equal pay isn't new
Beth Cobert has called for a renewed focus on the persistent pay gap between men and women in the federal workforce, with an emphasis on pay flexibilities that benefit men. But her efforts are only one step on a longer journey.
Cybersecurity
Sprint leaders take a modest lap
Two agencies stood above the rest at the end of the federal cyber sprint, and one of them was the agency at the center of the cybersecurity maelstrom.
People
NTEU elects new president
Tony Reardon will replace Colleen Kelley at the 150,000-member union.
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