Cybersecurity
FEMA looks to industry for IT help
FEMA's strategic plan announced earlier this month also asks state and local governments to provide more support.
Cybersecurity
CBP deputy seeks 1,000-mile border wall system
Technology remains a part of the border security balance, but "walls work and agents know it," CBP's Ronald Vitiello said.
Digital Government
SENSR team moving ahead on spectrum-sharing plan
The multi-agency team behind an effort to create a joint radar system and free up spectrum for commercial use is seeking more feedback.
Modernization
Mobile network infrastructure at growing risk from cyber attack
The FCC's communications security advisory group warned on threats to mobile networks that are similar to those impacting industrial control systems.
Modernization
5G push could require federal spectrum
Communications policy leaders are looking put federal spectrum in the pipeline as the U.S. gears up for faster mobile broadband.
Cybersecurity
CBP to consolidate IT offices
CBP plans to move almost 4,000 IT workers around the capital region to a single facility in Loudoun County.
Modernization
FCC chief floats new supply chain rules for telecom
The plan would bar the use of funds in an $8.5 billion telecom subsidy from going to foreign equipment suppliers who are deemed a threat to national security.
Modernization
EIS contractors want more time for transition
EIS contractors are chafing under what they see as a slow transition from GSA's old telecommunications contract to its next-generation vehicle.
Cybersecurity
Senator still waiting on grid cyber assessments from Energy
As the Energy Department prepares to build out its cybersecurity capacity, a key member of the Senate Energy committee is waiting on energy sector cyber assessments.
Cybersecurity
Data on border tech performance a year away, says CBP
Homeland Security officials can't yet provide hard data on how effective border security technologies are, but the capability is on the way.
Acquisition
GSA, OMB want Congress to help smooth the path to online buying
Legislation to lift the micropurchase ceiling and implement agile competition rules is needed for a new online buying plan, officials say.
Digital Government
White House-backed IT modernization push makes first contract awards
The General Services Administration picked the vendors who will support a plan to centralize modernization best practices.
Cybersecurity
ARPA-E tilts toward cyber
The Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy, which focused on making grants and loans to alternative energy companies under the Obama administration, may find a new lease on life as a cybersecurity skunkworks.
Acquisition
GSA extends wireless bulk buying plan
Citing savings and a developing agile contracting vehicle, GSA gives federal customers more time to work with its wireless blanket purchase agreements.
Digital Government
FAA expands low-altitude drone tests
To support rapidly increasing commercial drone use, the FAA is set to expand testing of automated processing capabilities for operator authorizations.
Cybersecurity
White House hints at new cyber policies
Changes sparked by the cybersecurity executive order are on the horizon, a top administration official said.
Acquisition
Senate panel approves DHS authorization
A Senate panel voted up a DHS authorization bill, but it stripped out provisions to focus the agency on improving election system cybersecurity capabilities.
Cybersecurity
CBP closes in on completing 17-year multibillion IT project
Customs and Border Protection is nearing the end of development of one of the most complex IT systems in the federal government.
Cybersecurity
CERTs warn on botnets, kernel bugs
Separate cybersecurity alerts from DHS indicate new botnet attack vectors and updates the list of industrial control system vendors facing Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
Making the case (again) for renaming NPPD
The directorate's name change is about more than a title, say DHS leaders working with critical infrastructure sectors.
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