Chad Wolf, acting secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has confirmed the addition of seven new members to the Homeland Security Advisory Council at a recent meeting.
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Bruce McConnell plans to step down on August 10 as acting deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity of the Department of Homeland Security, GovInfoSecurity.com reported Thursday. Eric Chabrow writes McConnell managed vital programs and
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The Department of Homeland Security has appointed Bruce McConnell as its interim deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity, according to an FCW article. He succeeds Mark Weatherford who spent 16 months in the position and
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President Obama has nominated Richard Ginman, the Defense Department‘s procurement and acquisition policy director, to head a panel that will promote transparency in government spending. Federal Times reports the Government Accountability and
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The House passed four cybersecurity bills last week but officials are concerned that the legislation is not putting enough emphasis on protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure, Federal News Radio reports. Mark Weatherford,
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The Office of Management and Budget recently reported the number of cyber attacks on federal networks continued to increase in 2011, but at a slower rate than in previous years. The OMB
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Mark Weatherford, former chief security officer at North American Electric Reliability Corp., joined the Department of Homeland Security as deputy cybersecurity undersecretary in October. Since then, Weatherford appointed John Streufert director of the department’s
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