The long-awaited Federal Data Strategy year-one action plan is finally here. Here's what Office of Management and Budget officials added to the final version.
Agencies did better than ever before on the newly released FITARA 9.0 scorecard, but tension remains between the Office of Management and Budget and lawmakers on data centers.
Government officials consistently argue that no single agency could take responsibility for the cybersecurity of the federal government. But a Wisconsin senator recently pushed officials to answer the question of who takes the lead for information security.
The Trump administration sees 2019 as a major push year for federal data policy, and has highlighted the importance of investing in key supporting technologies, such as data hygiene, automation and AI/machine learning.
Federal employees who want to jump into the cybersecurity field will have an opportunity to go through a new three-month training course sponsored by the CIO Council and Department of Education.