Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Joseph Lieberman, ID-Conn., and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, sent a letter Tuesday to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying its disaster response system
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The Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment last week that would block federal procurement officials from asking contracting companies about political contributions. The amendment, which was introduced by Sens. Susan Collins
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Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra took his message of federal IT reform to a tough crowd last week: a house appropriations subcommittee. Kundra’s testimony was preceded first by an unfavorable Government
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They’re called the Influencers — the top leaders in government cybersecurity and IT, selected by cyber site GovInfoSecurity. The site, which polled its advisory board and other IT thought leaders, said a
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A proposed deal between Sprint Nextel, Cricket and two Chinese telecom companies has raised a few eyebrows, with some U.S. senators concerned about security. The Hill reports a bipartisan group of legislators
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The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday unanimously approved a major cybersecurity legislation that would structure how the federal government protects public and private sector cyber networks. Crafted by Ranking Member
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As the White House’s third nominee to lead the TSA, John Pistole delivered his remarks in front of legislators during a Senate hearing yesterday. Pistole spoke of plans to strengthen the safety
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The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee released a new proposal that would grant President Barack Obama and the administration significant authoritative powers over the cyber networks in an event of
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Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-Nv) has filed cloture on the nomination of Martha Johnson to be the administrator of GSA. It has been nine months since Martha Johnson was first nominated
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Cloud computing decisions are currently being put on hold. This is due to the fact that there have been delays to switching to new services. According to NextGov, the cloud computing has
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