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The Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network serves as a forum for Governors’ advisors and state chief information security officers to share ideas and troubleshoot challenges with colleagues from other states, connect advisors with valuable resources and materials, and provide opportunities to hear from subject-matter experts via periodic calls, webinars and workshops.
On behalf of the nation’s Governors, we write to express NGA’s continued support of state flexibility to administer federal programs with funding sufficient to meet program goals.
A recent report by the Maryland Cybersecurity Council has focused attention on cybersecurity at state and local agencies. The report, released in December by the council’s Ad Hoc Committee on State and Local Cybersecurity, sought to identify policies, governance and resources that could increase cybersecurity. Surveys were sent to 89 units of executive governance; 70 ...
Lawmakers and national security experts said Tuesday that the U.S. needs to take bigger steps at the government level and in the private sector to guard against ransomware attacks.
I. AUTHORITY The Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of Federal financial management; agency policies to promote program integrity and the prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse; policies and procedures related to Federal contracting and procurement, including Federal Acquisition Regulation; and the acquisition functions of the General Services Administration ( Office of the Federal Procurement Policy. The Subcommittee also examines the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Government's efforts t...