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After holiday break, shutdown threat looms for Congress
After Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess, budget forecasters are hoping for a year-end spending deal, a pre-Christmas miracle to avert a government shutdown.
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Congress to investigate alleged retaliation against HHS cyber whistleblowers
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are looking into whether the Department of Health and Human services retaliated against two cybersecurity employees who made protected communications to the committee by detailing them to unclassified duties.
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Major federal IT modernization bill reaches final stretch
The Modernizing Government Technology Act is now only one step away from becoming law, as the bill was recently included in the House and Senate conference report of the National Defense Authorization Act on its way to the president.
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Congressmen introduce bills to standardize agencies’ geospatial data
A reintroduced set of bills in the House and Senate would improve the standardization of geospatial data across federal agencies.
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Agencies stumble on old and new FITARA requirements
Data center consolidation and software licensing proved to be the two biggest stumbling blocks to agency success on the most recent version of the FITARA scorecard.
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Bill establishing State Department cyber ambassador passes committee
Under the bill, the head of the office would have the rank and status of an ambassador and be responsible for leading the State Department’s diplomatic cyberspace efforts by promoting “an open, interoperable, reliable, unfettered, and secure information and communications technology infrastructure globally.”
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5 House Dems introduce impeachment articles against Trump
The five articles accused the president of obstruction of justice, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and other offenses.
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More agencies fall back than improve in newest FITARA scorecard
The fifth edition of the FITARA scorecard spells bad news for many agencies.
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Sessions denies lying on Russia, pleads hazy memory
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a raised voice and animated tone, told Congress on Tuesday he never lied under oath about Russian interference in the 2016 election and suggested that sleep deprivation and the “chaos” of the Trump campaign clouded his recollections of campaign contacts with Russians.
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Amendment puts IGs in charge of cyber audits, not NIST
A House bill that would have put the National Institute of Standards and Technology in charge of auditing agency cybersecurity practices was amended to place that responsibility in the hands of agency inspectors general, a move which a policy expert said will give the bill a better chance of passage.
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After holiday break, shutdown threat looms for Congress
After Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess, budget forecasters are hoping for a year-end spending deal, a pre-Christmas miracle to avert a government shutdown.
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Congress to investigate alleged retaliation against HHS cyber whistleblowers
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are looking into whether the Department of Health and Human services retaliated against two cybersecurity employees who made protected communications to the committee by detailing them to unclassified duties.
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Major federal IT modernization bill reaches final stretch
The Modernizing Government Technology Act is now only one step away from becoming law, as the bill was recently included in the House and Senate conference report of the National Defense Authorization Act on its way to the president.
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Congressmen introduce bills to standardize agencies’ geospatial data
A reintroduced set of bills in the House and Senate would improve the standardization of geospatial data across federal agencies.
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Agencies stumble on old and new FITARA requirements
Data center consolidation and software licensing proved to be the two biggest stumbling blocks to agency success on the most recent version of the FITARA scorecard.
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Bill establishing State Department cyber ambassador passes committee
Under the bill, the head of the office would have the rank and status of an ambassador and be responsible for leading the State Department’s diplomatic cyberspace efforts by promoting “an open, interoperable, reliable, unfettered, and secure information and communications technology infrastructure globally.”
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5 House Dems introduce impeachment articles against Trump
The five articles accused the president of obstruction of justice, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and other offenses.
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More agencies fall back than improve in newest FITARA scorecard
The fifth edition of the FITARA scorecard spells bad news for many agencies.
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Sessions denies lying on Russia, pleads hazy memory
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a raised voice and animated tone, told Congress on Tuesday he never lied under oath about Russian interference in the 2016 election and suggested that sleep deprivation and the “chaos” of the Trump campaign clouded his recollections of campaign contacts with Russians.
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Amendment puts IGs in charge of cyber audits, not NIST
A House bill that would have put the National Institute of Standards and Technology in charge of auditing agency cybersecurity practices was amended to place that responsibility in the hands of agency inspectors general, a move which a policy expert said will give the bill a better chance of passage.
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After holiday break, shutdown threat looms for Congress
After Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess, budget forecasters are hoping for a year-end spending deal, a pre-Christmas miracle to avert a government shutdown.
-
Congress to investigate alleged retaliation against HHS cyber whistleblowers
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are looking into whether the Department of Health and Human services retaliated against two cybersecurity employees who made protected communications to the committee by detailing them to unclassified duties.
-
Major federal IT modernization bill reaches final stretch
The Modernizing Government Technology Act is now only one step away from becoming law, as the bill was recently included in the House and Senate conference report of the National Defense Authorization Act on its way to the president.
-
Congressmen introduce bills to standardize agencies’ geospatial data
A reintroduced set of bills in the House and Senate would improve the standardization of geospatial data across federal agencies.
-
Agencies stumble on old and new FITARA requirements
Data center consolidation and software licensing proved to be the two biggest stumbling blocks to agency success on the most recent version of the FITARA scorecard.
-
Bill establishing State Department cyber ambassador passes committee
Under the bill, the head of the office would have the rank and status of an ambassador and be responsible for leading the State Department’s diplomatic cyberspace efforts by promoting “an open, interoperable, reliable, unfettered, and secure information and communications technology infrastructure globally.”
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5 House Dems introduce impeachment articles against Trump
The five articles accused the president of obstruction of justice, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and other offenses.
-
More agencies fall back than improve in newest FITARA scorecard
The fifth edition of the FITARA scorecard spells bad news for many agencies.
-
Sessions denies lying on Russia, pleads hazy memory
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a raised voice and animated tone, told Congress on Tuesday he never lied under oath about Russian interference in the 2016 election and suggested that sleep deprivation and the “chaos” of the Trump campaign clouded his recollections of campaign contacts with Russians.
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Amendment puts IGs in charge of cyber audits, not NIST
A House bill that would have put the National Institute of Standards and Technology in charge of auditing agency cybersecurity practices was amended to place that responsibility in the hands of agency inspectors general, a move which a policy expert said will give the bill a better chance of passage.
