At a recent Internet of Things event, Rep. Darrell Issa (R.-Calif.) stressed the importance of better standards and privacy protections as the number of connected Internet of Things devices increases.
The Homeland Security Department plans to publish guidance for the private sector on how to better share cybersecurity information with the government.
A group of software vendors are complaining that DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen improperly recommended that defense personnel use Windows 10 for personal use.
A new bill, the Promoting Value-Based Defense Procurement Act, has been introduced that would discourage the Defense Department from using lowest price technically, acceptable evaluation criteria for IT acquisitions.
Despite facilitating machine-to-machine sharing of cyber threat indicators between the federal government and the private sector, the Automated Indicator Sharing system has not been a big hit with the private sector.
The General Services Administration is seeing success with its recent FASt Lane process, meant to fast-track the admission process for the agency’s IT Schedule 70 contract.
Speaking at the Incident Response Forum on March 31, deputy treasury secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin lauded the Obama administration’s national cyber incident coordination policy.
The General Services Administration is reworking the FedRAMP program to make it faster for vendors to receive approval through GSA or the Defense Department’s Joint Authorization Board, according to FCW.
According to the Office of Management and Budget’s annual cybersecurity report card, federal agencies are still vulnerable to common cyberattacks, FCW reported.
The House Budget Committee rejected an amendment to provide $3 billion for a revolving IT modernization fund in a hearing to pass the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is aiming to be finished answering questions about its upcoming $6.5 billion network contract by next week, according to FCW.
The Homeland Security Department has selected Sean McAfee, deputy director of the National Cybersecurity Assessment and Technical Services, to lead a new cyber operations division of its new Silicon Valley office.
The General Services Administration has tapped Bill Zielinski to be both its director of the Office of Strategic Programs and IT category executive, according to FCW.
The Defense Information Systems Agency will incorporate a single service provider solution in its draft request for proposals due out this summer, according to FCW.
Despite the Feb. 22 deadline for the General Services Administration’s upcoming next-generation telecommunications contract, GSA is still receiving last minute questions from potential bidders, according to FCW.
