This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), vehicles have become safer for occupants over time, in part by providing better protection in crashes. However, certain demographic groups continue to face greater risks of injury or death in crashes. Specifically, (more…)
OPM must address internal skills gaps before it can effectively help other agencies
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. “Help yourself before helping others” — it’s a familiar adage, but it’s also advice the Government Accountability Office urges the federal government’s personnel shop to take. The Office of Personnel Management is at “significant risk” of being unable to help agencies address governmentwide (more…)
Envisioning the Information Domain: Perspectives from the Pacific
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Monday, March 6, 2023 Dan Chenok The Institute for the Study of War and the IBM Center for The Business of Government have launched a three-event series, “Addressing the New Era of Deterrence and Warfare: Visualizing the Information Domain.” Blog Co-Authors: Kimberly (more…)
Len Bastian and Terry Halvorsen
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. CIO, Canada’s Department of National Defence Len Bastien grew up in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1991. He served with the Canadian Armed Forces in the late 1980s as (more…)
Deploying the Data Fabric for Multi-Domain Command and Control/JADC2: A Conversation with Len Bastien, CIO, Canada’s Department of National Defence and Terry Halvorsen, former CIO, U.S. Department of Defense
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Sunday, March 5, 2023 Len Bastian and Terry Halvorsen Deploying the Data Fabric for Multi-Domain Command and Control/JADC2: SPECIAL SPADE 2023 Edition of The Business of Government Hour. How can the Data Fabric help realize the vision of Joint All-Domain (more…)
Weekly Roundup: February 27-March 3, 2023
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, March 3, 2023 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership that we have found of interest for the week ending March 3, 2023 NEW: Release of the National Cybersecurity Strategy. Cybersecurity is essential to the basic functioning of (more…)
Bill to Boost Federal Firefighters’ Retirement Benefits is Back
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Rep. Gerry Connolly’s legislation would include mandatory overtime hours in calculations to determine federal firefighters’ pension benefits.
Biden cyber strategy ‘fundamentally re-imagines’ responsibility for security risks
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The White House today announced a new national cyber strategy, laying out a vision for shoring up the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure sectors through baseline cybersecurity requirements and re-aligning more responsibility for cyber risks to big tech companies. The strategy also envisions using (more…)
How to provide proof of supply chain security
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Software supply chain cybersecurity. The term has become a watchword for federal agency technology and security people. They have increasing awareness of the dangers lurking in the components of the commercial software they buy and use. That, coupled with specific policy requirements in (more…)
The Ohio Train Crash Happened While The Hazardous Material Regulatory Agency Had No Permanent Leader
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the derailment and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which has no nominee to lead it.