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Can Micro Certifications Match Government’s Real-World Needs?
Certifications have become the standard to prove one’s knowledge of a set of skills. According to the 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study, 73 percent of federal agencies require their IT staff members to hold information security certifications. To stay abreast of rapid technological change, micro certifications, which provide shorter, more focused specialized training on a specific skill set needed for a given job, might be as just effective but less costly and time-consuming.
Citizens Expect a Consumer-Quality Customer Experience
Citizens expect government interactions to be just as smooth as those of the best consumer service providers. Here’s how some leading federal agencies are answering that call.
How New Cyber Executive Order Could Change Federal IT
President Trump’s cybersecurity executive order paves the way for a revolution in federal information technology, where all agencies operate inside a single, consolidated network and draw on a common core of shared, cloud-based services.
20 Minutes to Impress: Inside DIA’s Innovation Hub
The Defense Intelligence Agency’s reinvigorated Innovation Office aims to use rapid development and acquisition to identify promising technologies and put them to the test. Turns out that’s not so easy.
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Proactive Resilience: The Future of Cybersecurity
Today’s state of the art in cybersecurity is operational resilience – the ability to keep operating in the midst of a disruptive attack. Tomorrow’s state of the art is what Carnegie Mellon CERT’s Summer Fowler calls “prosillience” – the ability to anticipate and adapt before disruptions strike. Here’s how we’ll get from now to then.
OneNet vs. IC ITE vs. JIE: 3 Ways to Consolidate Fed Networks
President Trump’s Cyber Executive Order calls for consolidating federal networks into a single architecture. Here’s how three parts of government are already doing just that.
Border Security Concerns Aren’t Limited to the South
Solving the southern border will affect security in other parts of the country, as well. Re-Locatable Video Surveillance Systems offer the kind of flexibility the U.S. Border Patrol needs to put resources wherever they’re most needed.
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DoD’s Acting Acquisition Chief Looks To Purge ‘The Stupid’ From IT Procurement
The new administration’s extended transition process has led to an unusual circumstance in which there are literally zero politically-appointed acquisition officials anywhere in the Defense Department. Such a scenario might seem like an unlikely time for DoD to make major changes to the way it buys information technology, but that’s exactly what the career civil servant who’s currently leading the department’s vast acquisition apparatus hopes to do over the next year.
DISA Director Discusses Priorities and Challenges for Agency
Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn took over as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency in July 2015, assuming leadership of the agency after previously serving as vice director and as chief of staff. He’s also spent time leading Army Network Enterprise Technology Command and Army Signal Center of Excellence, priming him to lead the Defense Department’s mission-critical IT agency.
DISA Updates Network Defense
The Defense Information Systems Agency is undertaking a comprehensive modernization effort for endpoint security.
Veterans Affairs To Adopt Same Commercial Health Records Platform As Dod
The Veterans Affairs Department will implement the same electronic health records platform as the Defense Department, according to an announcement today from Secretary David Shulkin.
FCC CIO to Leave for First-Of-Its-Kind Role in Government
David Bray, who has been the Federal Communication Commission’s chief information officer since August 2013, will leave the agency to become the chief ventures officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
DHS’ Internal Assessment of its $1.5B Agile Contract: ‘Significant Errors and Missteps’
If the Homeland Security Department’s decision to cancel its $1.5 billion contract for agile services wasn’t shocking enough, the details of the missteps and problems the agency detailed in its “motion to dismiss” left long-time federal procurement attorneys and vendors with their collective mouths agape.
The 5 Non-Cyber Challenges Facing Federal Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity may be the top issue keeping federal CIOs, CISOs and other IT officials up at night — but it doesn’t exist in a vacuum alone.
Health Risks, Data Leaks Top GSA Inspector General’s Semiannual Report
The General Service Administration’s Office of the Inspector General released its semiannual report to Congress on May 31, detailing a litany of contracts audits from the first six months of fiscal 2017.
VA Secretary Condemns Current State of VA, Targets Out-Of-Date IT
In a White House press briefing, David Shulkin, MD, called on Congress to extend the Veterans Choice program and help him build private-public partnerships to improve veterans’ care.