The Internal Revenue Service is planning to move away from using a third-party facial recognition service in an effort to address taxpayers’ concerns regarding their privacy and security. The agency said Monday
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The General Services Administration (GSA) intends to partner with local and state governments to expand the use of a website that offers single sign-in services to users of programs funded by the
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The Office of Management and Budget on Thursday released a memo providing guidance for federal agencies to start accepting digital requests for disclosure of records protected under the Privacy Act of 1974. Under
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology released the updated version of its cybersecurity practice guide to secure applications used in emergencies for first responders. The document details how organizations can utilize single sign-on
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The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking to create a method to help the Department of Defense validate user logins to the latter's information systems. DISA said Thursday it wants to utilize
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Jamie Brown, director of global government relations at CA Technologies, has said the incoming administration should give more emphasis on the management of privileged users as part of efforts to build up
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Justin Herman, SocialGov program lead at the General Services Administration, has unveiled the U.S. Digital Registry to help ensure citizens interact with official third-party digital platforms for the government. The repository works to
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The White House has announced it will create a new government organization to perform background checks on federal employees and contractors as part of its push to reform the security clearance and investigation
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The White House has unveiled a new multi-agency plan to address remaining federal information technology security gaps following a 30-day Cybersecurity Sprint that occurred earlier this year. U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony
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Federal 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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