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GSA Closes Doors on Cloud Acqusition Site Apps.gov
The General Services Administration has taken down its online store for agencies to acquire cloud computing services after three years in action, FierceGovernment IT reports. Citing a statement from...
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Panel Recommends Govt Use Tech to Change Info Classification Process
FBI image Increased use of technology can help the federal government revamp its system for determining whether information should be classified, a government board recommends. According to Network...
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Navy Cyber Forces Moving to Former Joint Forces HQ in Suffolk; Gretchen...
U.S. Navy photo of NCF Navy Cyber Forces will move into a Suffolk, Va. building once occupied by the former Joint Forces Command, with relocation scheduled to start in August 2013. NCF said its mission...
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US Objects to UN Telecom Treaty, Cites Govt Control Language
The U.S. will not sign a new United Nations telecommunications treaty because officials believe it supports increased government control over the Internet, National Journal reports. Josh Smith writes...
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DOE IG Finds No Enterprise Cyber Incident Mgmt System
An inspector general report has found the Energy Department does not have a departmentwide cybersecurity incident management system, Fierce Government IT reports. The DOE IG’s office also said the...
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DOJ Starts Cyber Prosecution Training Program, Targeting Govt-Sponsored...
The Justice Department is training nearly 100 federal prosecutors to try cases against state-sponsored cyber attackers in criminal courts, Defense News reports. Adam Roston writes DOJ recently launched...
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Jerry Burroughs: Navy Aiming to Standardize Shipboard IT Nets
Rear Adm. Jerry Burroughs The U.S. Navy is attempting to install identical information technology architectures on its ships, moving away from an approach that had as many as five basic network...
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Report: DHS Continuous Monitoring Oversight to Cost $6B
As the department responsible for securing unclassified networks on .gov domains for federal civilian departments and agencies, the Department of Homeland Security will have to pick up the $6 billion...
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GAO Goes Live With New Agency Report Database; Gene Dodaro Comments
Gene Dodaro The Government Accountability Office launched a new online database Monday for lawmakers and citizens to search for and access the agency’s reports. GAO said the “Key Issues” website is...
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Postal Service IG Recommends More Internet, Self-Service Tech
The U.S. Postal Service‘s inspector general is recommending the agency look to the Internet and self-service technology as an avenue to help it handle its financial problems, GovExec reports. Eric Katz...
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Steven VanRoekel: New IT Reform Law Not Needed For Project Mgmt
Steven VanRoekel Current federal law gives agency chief information officers the flexibility they need to successfully manage projects, the U.S. chief information officer told a House committee...
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Tom Carper: WH Exec Cyber Order Coming After State Of The Union
In an interview with The Hill newspaper, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said he expects President Barack Obama to issue a cybersecurity executive order after the State of the Union address. Carper, chairman...
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Panetta: Future Attacks On US To Have Cyber Component
Leon Panetta Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that any future attack on the U.S. will contain a cyber element as 21st-century technology has helped make cyber attacks a threat to the...
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Mike Rogers Wants To Bring Back Cyber Sharing Bill
Mike Rogers House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) wants to re-introduce cybersecurity legislation as soon as this week that originally passed through the House last spring, he...
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Obama Announces Cyber Exec Order In State Of The Union
White House photo President Barack Obama signed a widely-anticipated executive order Tuesday aimed at facilitating cybersecurity information sharing between the government and the private sector,...
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Janet Napolitano: Sequestration Cuts Cyber Contract Funding
Janet Napolitano The Department of Homeland Security would see reductions in funding for contracts supporting cybersecurity programs aimed at detecting threats and protecting civilian networks,...
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NIST, DHS, Treasury To Evaluate Critical Infrastructure Under Cyber Exec Order
The departments of Homeland Security and Treasury and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be responsible for determining critical infrastructure at risk of cyber attacks under an...
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Steven VanRoekel: PortfolioStat Helps Govt Address Federal IT Governance
Steven VanRoekel, federal chief information officer, believes the current federal information technology setup does not need new laws that would aim to improve management of federal IT. VanRoekel told...
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Elisse Walter Previews SEC Big Data Programs
Elisse Walter Elisse Walter, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, outlined two new agency initiatives aimed at using big data to follow activity in the financial markets, Fierce Government IT...
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White House To Make Federally-Funded Research Results Public
The White House will release the results of federally-funded research to the public within a year for no cost, Reuters reports. An online petition on the White House website calling for the move drew...
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