The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
03/21/2019
Cybersecurity
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is inching closer to developing two new encryption standards to protect the federal government from new and emerging cybersecurity threats.
03/20/2019
Workforce
Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert said that the pay raise approved by lawmakers in the most recent appropriations package will hit paychecks after "exceedingly legalistic" hurdles are cleared.
03/20/2019
Defense
The Joint Regional Security Stacks program’s buying budget could be cut in half to $88 million.
03/19/2019
Cybersecurity
As it hits its stride as a new agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is mixing established federal cybersecurity programs with new tech around DNS threats, botnet detection and malware analysis.
03/19/2019
Homeland Security
The proposed White House budget once again includes steep cuts to the Science and Technology Directorate at DHS.
03/19/2019
Workforce
The White House's fiscal year 2020 budget adds to a previously proposed pay freeze and retirement cuts with planned cuts to leave.
03/19/2019
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
03/19/2019
Acquisition
The co-chair of the task force laid out five work streams that will steer larger efforts around securing the technology supply chain.
03/18/2019