A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) IRS seeks tool to help automate solicitation evaluation The agency wants to improve the efficiency of its procurement teams and help them to meet FAR and customer agencies' requirements. Oct 12, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) Federal CIO Council working group addressing zero trust funding challenges: CISA cyber official The Interagency Zero Trust Leadership Steering Group will tackle the funding challenges that federal IT leaders face. Aug 10, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
CISA releases second version of secure cloud migration guidance for agencies Next up the agency will publish finalized TIC 3.0 cloud use cases and a new version of the Zero Trust Maturity Model. Jun 23, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) FAR updates that would mandate cyber incident reporting for contractors a year or more away OMB has submitted two proposals for updating contract language to the FAR Council. Jun 17, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) OMB guidance presents chance to standardize software bill of materials Practical deadlines for vendors and a concrete process for using the information SBOMs contain at agencies are needed, security experts say. Jun 13, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
Sean Connelly speaks Jan. 28, 2020, at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (Scoop News Group) Final, cloud TIC 3.0 use case expected in months Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and email will all be covered. Apr 8, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building in Washington, DC, November 21, 2016. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) GSA’s 5-year plan prioritizes digital government The strategy is predicated on the view that GSA must help agencies rebuild public trust through digital services. Mar 31, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 21, 2022: Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) listens as Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images). A bill codifying FedRAMP finally makes it to the Senate floor Senators hailed the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act as "commonsense" cybersecurity reform. Dec 16, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
Treasury’s blockchain token for grant payments is a permission-based version of Ethereum. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) Treasury advances blockchain proof of concept for grant payments The project relies on a permission-based version of the Ethereum blockchain. Nov 9, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) FedRAMP eyes .govCAR for other authorization applications The program management office hopes .govCAR will streamline the security authorization process. Oct 28, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir