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
The White House budget proposed moving ahead with the administration’s reorganization plan to fold the Office of Personnel Management into the General Services Administration, and is exploring what can be done without congressional approval. 03/20/2019
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
The Joint Regional Security Stacks program’s buying budget could be cut in half to $88 million. 03/19/2019
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
The proposed White House budget once again includes steep cuts to the Science and Technology Directorate at DHS. 03/19/2019
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 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
The White House proposes a very slight dip in overall IT spend while pressing on modernization priorities and workforce development. 03/18/2019
The department's budget requests $11.4 million to complete a new Cyber Talent Management System to hire and pay security workers based on their ability, not qualifications. 03/18/2019
Government desperately needs a better way to buy cloud services. The Section 809 panel's call to create a new contract type for consumption-based solutions is a great start. 03/18/2019
The Government Accountability Office found that the Defense Department lacked a proper analysis and transition plan to move certain duties from the CIO to the chief management officer. 03/15/2019
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan clashed with senators over the overseas contingency operations budget request. 03/15/2019
With GSA authorizing the first carrier under its $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to provide service, and with others set to quickly follow, summer could be a busy time for federal telecom contracting. 03/15/2019
As a legal battle over the addition of a question on citizenship heads to the Supreme Court, the Commerce Department chief faced questions on Capitol Hill about how and why the question came to be added to the basic 2020 population survey. 03/14/2019
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Tech demos have the potential to dramatically improve IT acquisition, Steve Kelman writes. But it needs to be done right. 03/19/2019
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