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A Trump executive order rolling back requirements for labor-management relations forums is under review, according to new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management.

Quick Hits * Of the nearly 30,000 security incidents analyzed in the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, the public sector was the second-most victimized industry (following entertainment) with 3,236 reported incidents and 885 total breaches. GCN has more on this story. * Mark Forman, formerly of Unisys and Science Applications International Corp., takes on a new role as executive vice president as government consultancy Dynamic Integrated Services, Washington Technology reports. ...

CISA received $650 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, but the agencys top officials have described that as only a "down payment" to move the governments cybersecurity efforts.

Rep. Jody Hice, the top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, says that recent CDC guidance on masks, vaccination and social distancing means that its time for the federal government to move away from the emergency pandemic footing. Quick Hits *** Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) was tapped to serve as ranking member on the House Armed Services Committees Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems. Hes swapping subcommittee assignments with Rep. M...

Quick Hits Neera Tanden, whose nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget was scuttled in the face of intense political opposition, has joined the Biden administration as a senior White House advisor. According to press reports, Tanden will lead a review of the U.S. Digital Service as part of her new job. *** The Defense Information Systems Agency delivered its initial zero trust reference architecture, the agency announced last week. Posted by FCW Staff on May 17, 2021 at 2:16...

By Chris Riotta   The General Services Administration is soliciting feedback from industry on a planned new, multiple-award blanket purchase agreement to provide cloud infrastructure, storage, software and services to federal agencies and state and local governments. The agency is seeking responses by May 24 on the new enterprisewide cloud acquisition strategy. A news release announcing the request for feedback notes that the trend towards cloud adoption has been accelerated by the demands of ...

Quick Hits *** The White House will release its full fiscal year 2022 budget request on May 27, an official confirmed to reporters on Thursday. In April the administration released its skinny budget for $1.5 trillion, with $769 billion in civilian agency spending and $753 billion in defense programs. *** The Federal Aviation Administration needs to do more to identify critical skills gaps needed as the agency modernizes and faces changes in technology, according to a Government Accountability...

Posted by FCW Staff on May 13, 2021 at 2:28 AM

Government procurement practitioners discussed equity and procurement at the Code for America summit, as leaders across the federal enterprise look to measure and expand inclusiveness in public spending.

Acting CISA Director Brandon Wales testified before a Senate committee on May 11. Brandon Wales, the acting chief of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, conceded on Thursday the dozens of deadlines in the administrations new executive order will "stretch the system" as his agency and others work to enact President Joe Bidens wide-ranging plan to revamp the federal governments cybersecurity. "I think the community is right to say this is ambitious, this is big, but I think tha...