Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Greg Barbaccia is tasking all Federal agency CIOs with compiling by April 2 a list of their existing software licenses with nine of the largest government software providers, and delivering by April 30 a comprehensive list of all of their software licenses and contracts. […]
Democratic leaders on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are launching their own investigation into the use of the Signal communications app by high-ranking Trump administration officials and are putting those officials on notice to preserve a long list of records that may be requested as part of the committee’s work. […]
Vu Nguyen, chief information security officer (CISO) at the Department of Justice (DoJ), explained at the Zscaler Public Sector Summit in Washington today how he expects the agency’s ongoing march toward zero trust security architectures to end up paying for itself in the benefits that the improved security yields – including by sharply reducing the cost of any cyberattacks on the agency’s networks. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) today unveiled its plans to revamp the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) with a heavy focus on automation to speed the approval process for secure cloud services used by the Federal government. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is set on Monday to unveil its plan to revamp how the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) operates with a goal of increasing the pace of authorizations, leaving sources familiar with the program wondering how that end will be achieved with recent cuts to the FedRAMP workforce. […]
Former Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Suzette Kent issued a call today for the Federal government to focus on enterprise-wide systems as the “North Star” for guiding future improvements to government workforce management technologies and service improvements. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) is tapping Ross Graber – a security technology veteran with stints at Twitter and Google – to become the agency’s next chief information officer, knowledgeable sources told MeriTalk. […]
Dell Technologies Founder Michael Dell said today that artificial intelligence technologies “will be the dominant theme through the end of the decade,” and equated AI tech as “up there in the pantheon with the Industrial Revolution, electricity, and the internet” for its ongoing and lasting impact to government, business, and society. […]
The White House has officially nominated Sean Plankey to become the next director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a component of the Department of Homeland Security. […]
The inspector general (IG) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said his office is taking a look into the impact that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is having on cybersecurity and data privacy practices at OPM. […]
