This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. NASA doesn’t carry out any of its space or aeronautic missions without deep contractor support. To that end, the agency has overhauled enterprisewide how it deals with the critical issue of managing risk in its vast supply chain. The change stemmed from a (more…)

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Officials in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director may be laser-focused on helping agencies evolve cyber and produce outcomes based on the mandates in the administration’s National Cyber Strategy, but they’re also contemplating necessary shifts to keep pace with evolving (more…)

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. It was clear from the get-go: Securing technology supply chains requires a “long-term, strategic collaboration between public and private sectors” across the world. So notes the National Cyber Strategy. The strategy points out that the information and communication technology supply chain provides products (more…)

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s new Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Office is developing training and maturity models for federal agencies, while also considering the role of supply chain illumination tools and other supplier evaluation techniques. The C-SCRM Office is a little (more…)

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Following the President’s invitation to the private sector to collaborate with the federal government on the National Cybersecurity Strategy’s execution, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP). The strategy did not include a way to “RSVP” to the President’s (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Republican hopeful pledges to eliminate 1.5M federal jobs in first term.