The Senate on Tuesday voted 77–23 to confirm Douglas Collins as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Hill reported that Collins will be responsible for the VA, which has more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it will integrate the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Privacy Framework into its enterprise risk portfolio to help manage privacy risks.
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House lawmakers released a 19-page proposal to invest $760B over five years in the country’s transit, roads, airports, broadband internet networks and other infrastructure, Nextgov reported Thursday.
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Dana Deasy, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, told C4ISRNET in an interview published Thursday about DoD’s progress with the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud
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Julie Dunne, who has been interim commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service since October, has been named permanent head of FAS.
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The House Homeland Security Committee passed two bills that would authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to subpoena internet service providers and protect the head of CISA from political whims, Nextgov
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Brig. Gen. William Hartman of U.S. Cyber Command and David Imbordino of the National Security Agency discussed how Cybercom and NSA help the U.S. government protect U.S. elections from foreign interference.
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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a two-time Wash100 award recipient, said the Department of Defense needs to accelerate its modernization and reform efforts
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Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said federal agencies are making headway when it comes to implementing multifactor authentication, identity management, mobile security and other components
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Dana Deasy, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, issued a memo detailing plans for the transfer of the chief data officer to the CIO office
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Katie Arrington, chief information security officer at the office of assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the final version of the Department of Defense’s new
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