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The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
03/23/2021
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Workforce
The appeals court ruling changes decades of precedent to require agencies to justify the placement of an employee on a performance improvement plan in the event that they appeal their removal.
03/22/2021
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Cybersecurity
Brandon Wales, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, also said his agency is still working to determine if any federal networks were compromised by vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft Exchange.
03/22/2021
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Defense
Joseph Kirschbaum, the director of defense capabilities and management, for the Government Accountability Office, told Congress that having leadership buy-in is the difference between a successful strategy and a failed one.
03/22/2021
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Comment
With communal resource for commonly used components, agencies could devote more time to security postures that are truly unique.
03/22/2021
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The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
03/22/2021
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Comment
With funding and the help of top experts, the Biden administration can make tangible progress toward modernization, but much work remains to be done.
03/19/2021
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Cybersecurity
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said agencies largely have the tools they need to adopt zero trust security protocols but making a change will "require a shift in mindset."
03/19/2021
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IT Modernization
New Veterans Affairs chief Denis McDonough announced a "strategic review" of the agency's Electronic Health Record Modernization program of up to 12 weeks.
03/19/2021
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The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
03/19/2021
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IT Modernization
Many states have buckled under the pressure of delivering benefits to surges of claimants during the pandemic using antiquated technology. 18F is set to help Wisconsin modernize its unemployment insurance technology using agile procurement.
03/18/2021
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Congress
Among the current crop of "Sunshine Week" bills are measures to continually update the Plum Book of federal appointments and to require the president to establish records management controls to store electronic messages in a way that they can later be searched and retrieved.
03/18/2021
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Cybersecurity
Three top cybersecurity officials struggled to answer questions from lawmakers about who is to blame for the government's failure to stop the breach of nine federal agencies.
03/18/2021
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Workforce
A new committee report details the dramatic decline in the STEM workforces of federal science agencies. Lawmakers talked ideas to rebuild the workforce at a hearing on Wednesday.
03/18/2021
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Congress
New legislation puts the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the center of federal response to threats to computerized industrial systems.
03/18/2021