Michael Isman Gives Advice to OMB on Developing New BYOD Guidelines
Booz Allen Hamilton vice president Michael Isman said that bring-your-own-device guidelines should work with existing policies on social media, teleworking, and cloud computing, Federal News Radio reports. In an interview with Tom Temin and Emily Koop on The Federal Drive, Isman said that agencies should think through how their employees use their devices. With [...]
Carahsoft Providing AppSecInc Cyber, Data Solutions To Govt; Michael Shrader Comments
May 15, 2012 No CommentCarahsoft will aggregate Application Security Inc.’s database and cybersecurity solution applications to the U.S. government, the companies announced Tuesday. AppSecInc’ database security will be available under Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule. Carahsoft’s customers and partners will receive solutions for database security, auditing, automative compliance and risk monitoring solutions, said Michael Shrader, Carahsoft’s vice president of [...]
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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. [...]
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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 will [...]
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Vivek Kundra’s Fix for Broken IT: ‘Stop Throwing Good Money after Bad Money’
December 13, 2010 No CommentOutlining 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 week unveiled a 25-point plan at a [...]
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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 new framework last week at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s monthly Titans Breakfast. Some of the highlights [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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