NIST may not resolve vulnerability database backlog until early 2025, analysis shows

Cybersecurity

NIST may not resolve vulnerability database backlog until early 2025, analysis shows

A new dashboard underscores the severity of the logjam that’s plagued the agency since February.

  • By David DiMolfetta
  • July 26, 2024
Modernization

OMB rewrites cloud buying rulebook

The FedRAMP program received its first major update in more than a decade

  • By Adam Mazmanian
Ideas

Why unified observability is key to better UX

COMMENTARY: The technology also helps shed light on blind spots introduced by zero trust cybersecurity strategies.

  • By Jeff Waters
People

A decade of data at Transportation

Over 10 years leading data management at the Department of Transportation, Dan Morgan has championed the power of open data and cross-agency collaboration.

  • By Adam Mazmanian
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How AWS enables agencies and partners to compliantly leverage the benefits of cloud while staying ahead of growing resiliency demands with AWS GovCloud.

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People

Gen Z is underrepresented in the federal workforce. Here’s how some experts would fix that

People younger than 30 represent 7% of the full-time civil service despite being 20% of the overall U.S. labor force.

  • By Sean Michael Newhouse
Artificial Intelligence

Biden to receive AI national security memo outlining forbidden uses, opportunities for innovation

The memorandum expected to be delivered Friday to President Joe Biden will build upon existing artificial intelligence guidance while highlighting workforce needs and prohibited use scenarios.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Cybersecurity

Summer-only sessions helped blunt CrowdStrike outage impact on US schools

K-12 school districts across the country were impacted in last week’s CrowdStrike-based IT outage, a person familiar says. The effects would have been much worse if school was in session.

  • By David DiMolfetta
Artificial Intelligence

FCC proposes requiring advertisers to disclose AI in political ads on radio, TV

The proposal advanced over the opposition of its Republican commissioners, who warned that the measure risks interfering with the Federal Election Commission’s efforts to regulate AI-generated content in political ads.

  • By Edward Graham
Policy

HHS reorg seeks to streamline tech, cyber policy

A new assistant secretary post will consolidate management of technology, data, AI and health IT.

  • By Edward Graham
Acquisition

ServiceNow parts with president and public sector head after internal probe 

The software vendor indicated it violated company policy in the hiring of former Army CIO Raj Iyer on the heels of a large contract award.

  • By Adam Mazmanian
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Cybersecurity

FBI, Mandiant designate advanced North Korean hackers stealing US defense secrets

The group — now known as APT45 — has targeted information stored in U.S. government nuclear facilities and research institutions, as well as missile systems, uranium processing and other R&D intel.

  • By David DiMolfetta
Modernization

Cost overruns, delays plague VA’s new integrated financial management system

The rollout of VA’s modernized financial management and acquisition system has been affected by delays in the department’s new electronic health record system, since “multiple deployments” depend on the EHR’s launch at medical facilities.

  • By Edward Graham
People

White House cyber czar office adds new deputy

Harry Wingo, a former national security professor and Navy SEAL officer, will take the position next week, the Office of the National Cyber Director said.

  • By Adam Mazmanian
Cybersecurity

Crowdstrike IT outage linked to update using new threat detection system

A routine update intended to enhance clients’ security capabilities clashed with a new cyberthreat classification framework rolled out in February, causing affected systems to crash.

  • By David DiMolfetta
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The White House thinks better tech could speed up permitting

The White House’s Council on Environmental Quality says in a new, congressionally mandated report that better tech could help the permitting process, but it's unclear whether new efforts are in the offing.

  • By Natalie Alms
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House lawmaker demands answers from AT&T on recent data breach

Rep. Abigail Spanberger wants AT&T’s CEO to open up about the company’s incident response plans and a reported payment to hackers in exchange for deleting the stolen data.

  • By David DiMolfetta
Modernization

VA’s planned restart of EHR rollouts draws lawmaker concern

“I think we are far from ready to endorse further go-live activities,” Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., said about VA’s plan to resume deployments in fiscal year 2025.

  • By Edward Graham
Artificial Intelligence

Energy looks to balance AI electricity demands and clean energy goals

Leadership from the Department of Energy said that the demands of artificial intelligence systems of the U.S. power grid can help spur clean energy initiatives.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
People

CISA executive director set to depart the agency

Brandon Wales, who temporarily led the agency after a Trump-era management shakeup, has overseen many of the recent CISA-led cyber reporting regulations, as well as coordination during major cyber incidents.

  • By David DiMolfetta
Defense

Pentagon’s new cyber rules are ‘stifling’ foreign suppliers, advisors say

The soon-to-be-mandatory cybersecurity certification—and a 2018 OSD reorganization—are slowing vital work, the Defense Innovation Board says.

  • By Lauren C. Williams