Cybersecurity
New DHS center to address cyber gaps
Collectively, cyber threats and their possible consequences are a bigger threat than 9/11-style attacks, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen argued as she unveiled a new National Risk Management Center to combat them.
Acquisition
GSA rolls out shared services pilot for SBIR
GSA and the Small Business Administration look to make tech innovation and commercialization easier across government.
Acquisition
FAS on the move
Despite challenges, Federal Acquisition Service leaders remain confident in their big telecom contract, ecommerce portal plans and transactional data initiative.
Modernization
New bill bakes FedRAMP into law
Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly is pushing a bill to set clear lines of responsibility and compliance for the cloud authorization process.
Cybersecurity
How hackers are going after the energy grid
Officials described an intricate effort to get into infrastructure provider networks by stealing credential from known third-party suppliers and a government agency.
Digital Government
White House looks to GEAR up
The Trump administration wants input on a new center that would bring together government and industry researchers and academics to help modernize processes and services.
Modernization
Are Russian hackers going to turn off the lights?
Although Russian-backed groups have hacked hundreds of infrastructure providers, possible power grid outages stemming from those hacks aren't expected in the near future.
Digital Government
DARPA seeks underground mapping capability
The Defense Department's research arm wants to meet with tech companies in a huge cave underneath Kentucky about subterranean mapping and search capabilities for military and civilian first responders.
Cybersecurity
Software group backs curbs on LPTA in defense bill
BSA/The Software Alliance supports a move in Congress to limit use of "lowest price technically acceptable" standards in federal IT contracting.
Modernization
FERC bumps up cyber reporting for utilities
The independent federal regulatory commission responsible for overseeing interstate transmission of electricity now requires electrical providers to report attempted hacks of their systems, not just successful ones.
Acquisition
NBIB pilot looks to contractor data to speed clearances
A planned National Background Investigative Bureau pilot program taps contractor hiring data to speed clearance checks.
Acquisition
Acquisition pros report optimism despite budget uncertainty
A survey of federal acquisition specialists from the Professional Services Council found positive views of the workforce and communication efforts.
Modernization
Still no extension on EIS
GSA is still considering an extension on its 2020 deadline for federal agencies to move to the $50 billion next-generation telecommunications contract.
Cybersecurity
TSA preps tech to track Cuba charter flights
TSA is looking to data sources inside and outside its operations to fold into a new tracking tool to get a better handle on charter aircraft traveling from Cuba into the U.S.
Modernization
Election system threats not as severe as 2016, says DHS official
Election system security issues are still critical, but 2018 election infrastructure threats aren't as "robust" as in 2016, a top official told Congress.
People
GSA's veteran CISO retires
The long-time chief of the General Services Administration's IT security program retired at the end of June to move halfway around the world.
Cybersecurity
DOJ backtracks on linking OPM hack to fraud case
The Justice Department acknowledged that a news release connecting a fraud case with the massive data theft of employee data at OPM was "premature."
Modernization
GSA looking for new telecom director
The General Services Administration wants to fill a senior executive position that provides strategic vision for its Telecommunications Services program.
Cybersecurity
Bryan nominated to lead DHS S&T Directorate
The White House wants to make the current temporary head of DHS' science and technology directorate its official leader.
People
OPM tells agencies how to implement workforce orders
The White House rolled out procedures it requires agencies to use to implement three executive orders aimed at performance improvement, dismissal of problem employees and managing unions.
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