Gartner has released a list of the 10 biggest information technology trends that it believes could help government agencies when they plan and develop IT strategies. The research firm identified a digital
MoreSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to insert a proposal for greater public-private cyber information sharing as an amendment to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, the National Journal reported Tuesday.
MoreA new survey from Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council has found many federal chief information and security officers consider cybersecurity as their main concern. PSC said Monday 28 percent of CIOs and CISOs
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The U.S. Army Human Resources Command has developed a personnel transition strategy and reclassification procedure for enlisted soldiers qualified to serve as cyber operations specialists under Military Occupational Specialty 17C, the Army said Wednesday. David
MoreFederal CIO Tony Scott has issued guidance for agencies to transition all public-facing federal websites and Web services to Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure by Dec. 31, 2016, in efforts to ensure a secure connection. In
MoreNaomi Lefkovitz, senior privacy policy adviser at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has outlined the potential impact of the agency’s privacy risk management framework on the government’s overall cybersecurity effort, FierceGovernmentIT
MoreTerry Halvorsen, chief information officer at the Defense Department, has started a five-day visit to information technology firms in Silicon Valley and Seattle to promote collaborations with industry through the IT Exchange Program, DoD News
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The Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement citing the possible association of an Interior Department-run shared services data center with a breach that may have exposed records of 4 million current
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The Defense Department has announced plans to award a total of $67.8 million in research equipment funding to 225 researchers at 111 universities. Army, Navy and Air Force research offices will grant
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The Office of Personnel Management has fallen victim to a breach that U.S. authorities believe as the work of Chinese government-sponsored hackers, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Ellen Nakashima writes OPM discovered
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