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General Services Administrationannounced on Thursday that it was rolling out identify proofing via its Login.gov shared services program to a limited number of federally financed state and local government programs. GSA s Technology Transformation Services :will limit engagements with state and local entities to work that is linked to federal programs in which TTS is uniquely positioned to provide assistance and will partner with applicable federal agencies to ensure proper coordination.

Benjamin Hovland, chairman of the
U.S. Election Assistance Commission, told lawmakers at a Feb. 16 hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee that he hadn t seen any evidence that the election or any tallies were impacted by the ongoing supply chain breach that centered around IT management applications from SolarWinds. Hovland made his remarks in response to questions from Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah). ....

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Warner seeks answers from FBI, EPA on Florida water utility breach -- FCW


By Justin Katz
 
The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is calling on the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide more information about the cybersecurity breach at a Florida water utility earlier this month.
Hackers on Feb. 5 sought to add dangerous amounts of lye to potable drinking water at a treatment facility in Oldsmar, Fla. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an advisory notice last week hackers were able to gain control of the facility through a desktop sharing application and exploiting vulnerabilities in the Windows 7 operating system, which Microsoft has stopped supporting.
This incident has implications beyond the 15,000-person town of Oldsmar, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote in a letter to top officials at both agencies. While the Oldsmar water treatment facility incident was detected with sufficient time to mitigate serious risks to the citizens of Oldsmar… future compromises of this n ....

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Pentagon watchdog flags cyber issues in DEOS, JRSS -- FCW


By Lauren C. Williams
 
The Defense Department s testing and evaluation body has serious cybersecurity concerns when it comes to using commercial cloud offerings.
The Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) wrote in its annual report for fiscal 2020 that it was concerned with the cyber survivability of the Defense Department s digital modernization strategy initiatives, such as the Defense Enterprise Office Solution (DEOS), a $4.4 billion contract for Microsoft Office 365 services with GDIT.
DOT&E is concerned with the cyber survivability of DMS initiatives and less so with their operational effectiveness and suitability, the report states, adding that DOD would need to do comprehensive cyber testing for commercial cloud platforms. ....

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