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Adam Mazmanian
Executive Editor
Adam Mazmanian is executive editor of FCW.
Before joining the editing team, Mazmanian was an FCW staff writer covering Congress, government-wide technology policy and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to joining FCW, Mazmanian was technology correspondent for National Journal and served in a variety of editorial roles at B2B news service SmartBrief. Mazmanian has contributed reviews and articles to the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, Newsday, New York Press, Architect Magazine and other publications.
Click here for previous articles by Mazmanian. Connect with him on Twitter at @thisismaz.
Workforce
SCOTUS stays out of contractor mandate case, for now
A special expedited hearing on the authority of two federal agencies to issue nationwide vaccine mandates covering nearly 100 million Americans does not touch on the authority to modify federal contracts to require vaccines for contract employees.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
White House embeds cyber EO in FISMA reporting
Federal agencies will be reporting on zero-trust adoption and automation efforts in their annual cybersecurity reports to the Office of Management and Budget.
- By Adam Mazmanian
IT Modernization
Build Back Better passes House
The $2 trillion bill includes $550 million in governmentwide technology modernization plus billions targeted for agency tech programs as well as new investments in sustainable tech and electric vehicles.
- By Adam Mazmanian
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Acquisition
Speed bumps for VA's new scheduling system
A watchdog report identified gaps in training and oversight for the new scheduling system being implemented at VA medical facilities.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
$500 million for TMF, other tech added to Build Back Better
Governmentwide technology modernization appropriations are back in the Biden administration's signature Build Back Better legislation, but the timing of a vote remains unclear.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
DOD revamps controversial CMMC program
After a nine-month review, the Defense Department is replacing its original cyber compliance program for the industrial base with CMMC 2.0, putting more emphasis on self-assessment.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
Former Microsoft exec DelBene tapped for top tech job at VA
Kurt DelBene, a former senior executive at Microsoft and husband of a Democratic congresswoman, is being tapped by the Biden administration to serve as CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Acquisition
Morale plunges at site of VA's new electronic health record
A survey conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs found plummeting morale at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center arising from the adoption of a new electronic health record system.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Acquisition
GAO backs Microsoft's protest of $10 billion NSA cloud award to AWS
The Government Accountability Office agreed that aspects of the National Security Agency's evaluation of a major cloud award were "unreasonable."
- By Adam Mazmanian
Acquisition
IRS tech, CISA funding in Build Back Better
An effort to put $3.5 billion into key governmentwide tech modernization accounts appears to have come up short in the Build Back Better bill, but there's still a lot of technology spending on the table.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Workforce
Blinken announces new cyber bureau at State
The secretary of State named cybersecurity and emerging tech as critical areas for capacity building at State, alongside climate, global health and multilateral technology.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Workforce
Biden nominates FCC, NTIA chiefs
President Joe Biden filled out his technology and telecom team with three key nominations on Tuesday.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Workforce
TMF hiring new technical leads
The board of the $1 billion IT modernization fund was slogging through detailed project proposals in their spare time – now TMF is looking for help.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Digital Government
Civic tech vendor recognizes employee union
Code for America recognized a new employee union, a first in the civic tech sector.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Acquisition
VA seeks full 2022 funding for health record project, despite six-month pause
House appropriators are concerned that the Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking to fully fund its program to switch from its homegrown Vista system to Cerner's commercial electronic health record in 2022, despite having unspent funds from fiscal year 2021.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Acquisition
Senate funding bill zeros out TMF
It's a familiar story: The House looks to add to the Technology Modernization Fund while the Senate taps the brakes
- By Adam Mazmanian and Chris Riotta
Cybersecurity
CISA seeks 24-hour timeline for cyber incident reporting
Two separate Senate bills set different deadlines for federal contractors, critical infrastructure providers and other covered companies to report cyber incidents to the federal government.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
CMMC's Arrington sues DOD to clear her name
Katie Arrington, who has been off the job since May, is suing the Department of Defense to get resolution on her personnel case.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
White House looks to step up endpoint monitoring
The Biden administration is requiring agencies to provide visibility into their endpoint detection and response efforts as part of the cybersecurity executive order.
- By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity
DHS adds cyber requirements for transportation industry
The Transportation Security Agency and the Coast Guard are getting increased authority over industry cybersecurity.
- By Adam Mazmanian