Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hopes to see his cybersecurity legislation passed into law before 2014 ends, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Aliya Sternstein writes Carperâs bill
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland have collaborated to build a new center that will preform studies on how to store, process and transmit data using
MoreTaha Kass-Hout, chief health informatics officer at the Food and Drug Administration, expects new treatments and vaccines for the Ebola virus as genomic data from marketing applications continue to grow, Information Management Online reported
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Don Adcock, acting chief information officer at the Energy Department, has called on information technology leaders in government to consider the opportunities IT service management could bring to their operations, Fedscoop reported
MoreThe Federal Emergency Management Agency has moved to address cyber threats through a review of the agency’s resilience and security posture, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Adrian Gardner, FEMA’s chief information officer, told the
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Stephen Cambone, former undersecretary of defense for intelligence, said that he believes there is “no such notion of security” in the Internet as he calls for increased public understanding of cybersecurity, Information Week reported Monday. Patience
MoreThe Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council says that financial institutions should focus their cybersecurity measures on managing inherent risk factors and engage executive leadership in evaluating an institution’s preparedness. FFIEC said in a
MoreHouse and Senate lawmakers are continuing work on the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act as some industry groups express concern over a clause on product cybersecurity and preferred contractors, Nextgov reported Monday.
MoreA NASA research facility wants to adopt a commercial cloud platform to manage scientific virtual collaboration, mobility and enterprise functions, Federal News Radio reported Monday. The station reports NASA’s Ames Research Center
MoreA new survey from the Fort Meade Alliance indicates that cybersecurity personnel training is a top investment priority for more than 60 percent of federal civilian and defense agencies. Market Connections Inc. conducted the
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