Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has urged fellow senators to cooperate with each other and pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act before they adjourn Friday for a summer recess, The Hill
MoreThe U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has disclosed email-based phishing campaigns that it said operated between June and July to target government agencies and the private sector. US-CERT said Saturday that it
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Eighty-four percent of the 133 federal information technology managers who responded to a MeriTalk survey believe that Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act can help address IT efficiency issues at their agencies.
MoreJason Matheny, director of the Office for Anticipating Surprise at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, has been appointed IARPA director in a move that takes effect immediately. “I look forward to him
MoreAlejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, has warned that Senate’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would curb privacy rights and complicate threat intelligence exchange efforts, National Journal reported Monday. Kaveh
MoreThe Government Accountability Office urges the U.S. Army Reserve and the Army National Guard to implement improved processes for their reviews, updates and investigations relevant to the availability of soldiers. GAO said in a July
MoreThe White House wants to enforce retaliatory measures against the China-backed source of a cyber attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management after the federal government realized the extent of the
MoreJeh Johnson, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has backed a cybersecurity bill that the Senate Homeland Security Committee sent for a full Senate vote last week, Nextgov reported Friday. Aliya Sternstein
MoreThe House’s Office of the Chief Administrative Officer is working with executive-search firm Korn/Ferry International to find a new chief information officer to manage the chamber’s technical functions. A June 19 classfied
MoreFederal CIO Tony Scott has outlined the developments and opportunities in the government’s cybersecurity efforts following the 30-day review of federal civilian and military IT systems in the past month. Scott wrote in
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