Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 7, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Policy
Women in the Biden White House Earn 99 Cents for Every $1 Earned by Men
The Biden White House has the narrowest wage gap since the country started tracking it in 1995, according to salary data released Thursday.
Modernization
Cloud after COVID
More than a year of pandemic operations has altered government’s view of cloud-centric modernization
Cybersecurity
U.S., Russian Officials to Meet Following Kaseya Ransomware Attack
President Joe Biden also plans to meet with U.S. officials on measures to address ransomware.
Cybersecurity
Accelerating CMMC compliance with a SASE Framework
With the uptick in cyberattacks against private sector and federal entities, DoD’s CMMC is just the beginning of stricter cybersecurity rules for government contractors.
Emerging Tech
DHS Considering Small Business-Made Tech Greenlighted by Other Agencies
The agency wants to know if other parts of the government have developed tech that could help its mission.
Modernization
A Catch-22 Is Keeping Telemedicine Off the Battlefield
Wargame planners won’t include even low-bandwidth telehealth until it has proven valuable in wargames.
Modernization
IRS Offering $7.5M for New Ideas to ‘Digitize’ and ‘Digitalize’ Paper Documents
The sixth solution challenge under the Pilot IRS program focuses on the process and pipeline for turning paper documents digital.
Modernization
Pentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Contract
The Defense Department will opt for a new multibillion-dollar, multi-vendor contract.
Modernization
Pentagon cancels JEDI contract
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract is dead and the Pentagon is pressing forward with a multivendor, direct award approach to better fit warfighter needs.
Ideas
Colonial Pipeline Didn’t Have Multifactor Authentication in Place—And Most Defense Contractors Don’t Either
Most businesses don’t take cybersecurity seriously until it’s too late.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 6, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Acquisition
CMMC board clarifies assessor training timeline
Training materials and certification exams for the assessors and instructors are at least four months away from delivery.
Cybersecurity
Debate Heats Up as Senator Prepares to Introduce Incident-Reporting Legislation
Reviews are in on draft legislation Sen. Mark Warner’s office has circulated and plans to update for introduction after the holiday break.
Digital Government
VA Secretary: Changes Coming to Electronic Health Records Program
Secretary Denis McDonough just completed a months-long strategic review of the multibillion-dollar EHR modernization program.
Acquisition
House Dems look to ramp up oversight of DHS operations
A bill introduced by the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee addresses law enforcement functions, acquisition, leadership and more.
Cybersecurity
DHS workforce sprint brings in nearly 300 cyber employees
Cybersecurity vacancies totaled about 2,000 at the start of the hiring sprint in May.
Emerging Tech