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OMB Extends Ban On New Federal Websites
Published on 23 Aug, 2011 at 10:20 in Cyber | Viewed 64 times | No Comments
The Office of Management and Budget extended a ban on the creation of new federal websites. Agencies have been mandated to take inventory of all their web domains and develop a plan of action for improvement by Oct. 11.
The OMB directed this change through a memo sent on behalf of U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel. This new policy is in…
Analysts: Debt Deal Will Not Largely Affect Federal IT
Published on 4 Aug, 2011 at 16:29 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 69 times | No Comments
Analysts have determined the discretionary spending caps, resulting from the debt ceiling deal passed this week by Congress, will not likely have a major effect on information technology spending.
In a recently published research report, analysts at INPUT, a Deltek company, determined that while overall agency budgets are under pressure, the administration’s IT priorities…
Vivek Kundra’s Fix for Broken IT: ‘Stop Throwing Good Money after Bad Money’
Published on 13 Dec, 2010 at 8:55 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 239 times | No Comments
Outlining his plan to reform federal IT, U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra had one favorite expression he used repeatedly to illustrate the underperforming, overbudget projects exemplifying government waste: throwing good money after bad money.
Kundra and Office of Management and Budget Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients last…
Vivek Kundra, Jeffrey Zients Unveil Federal IT Acquisitions Strategy
Published on 22 Nov, 2010 at 12:04 in Cyber | Viewed 323 times | 2 Comments
The Office of Management and Budget has announced its new strategy for improving the acquisition of major IT systems by the federal government.
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and OMB Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients unveiled the…
Memo Outlines Cyber Responsibilities for Coordinator, OMB and DHS
Published on 9 Jul, 2010 at 10:09 in Cyber | Viewed 180 times | No Comments
A recently released memo has outlined the duties and responsibilities of OMB, DHS and the Cybersecurity Coordinator surrounding cybersecurity efforts.
“DHS oversees critical infrastructure protection, operates the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), oversees implementation of the Trusted Internet Connection initiative, and takes other actions to help secure both the Federal civilian government systems and the private sector,” the…
White House Lifts Ban on Cookies
Published on 30 Jun, 2010 at 11:37 in Cyber | Viewed 1,989 times | No Comments
White House officials recently announced the proposed abolishment of a decade-long ban on browser cookies after talks with public groups and privacy advocates.
According to the Federal Register notice on the topic, the goal of the review is for the federal government to continue protecting the privacy of those visiting its websites while simultaneously making these websites…
Federal Agencies Lagging in Implementing Cybersecurity Measures
Published on 13 Apr, 2010 at 12:46 in Cyber | Viewed 385 times | No Comments
No federal agencies have yet fully actualized a cybersecurity program or implemented federal desktop core configuration requirements as recommended by the Government Accountability Office, according to Homeland Security Today.
In a statement on Monday, Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said security of federal IT systems is “an ever-growing…
Cybersecurity Performance Metrics may be coming
Published on 15 Dec, 2009 at 11:58 in Cloud | Viewed 154 times | No Comments
The Office of Management and Budget and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have released a draft proposal for new cybersecurity performance metrics. The new metrics focus, among other things, on real time monitoring, combating one of the principle complaints regarding current cybersecurity metrics under FISMA.
Under FISMA, the metrics that agencies reported on dealt more with tangential issues, such as back up plan testing, instead of real-time operational…
Bill Introduced to Ban P2P Applications on Federal Systems
Published on 19 Nov, 2009 at 10:13 in Cloud | Viewed 122 times | No Comments
R. Edolphus Towns, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee, has introduced the Secure Federal File Sharing Act, which will ban peer-to-peer applications on federal systems. The move follows the recent leak of a document on an ethics investigation into members of Congress via a P2P application.
The bill will require the Office of Management and Budget to prohibit the use of any P2P applications on…
