This post first appeared on Federal Times. Read the original article. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed its $840 billion version of the annual defense policy bill, including a provision to identify and better secure critical infrastructure at most risk of cyberattack. The measure, championed by retiring Rep. Jim Langevin, a Rhode Island Democrat, would (more…)
Army recruiting challenges mean force could shrink by tens of thousands more soldiers
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. In the span of just a couple of years, the Army faces the prospect of seeing its active duty force shrink by as much as 8.5%. It’s not for lack of funding, budgets have been robust. It’s mainly because it’s gotten a heck (more…)
Army kicks Unified Network Operations effort into gear
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Maj. Todd Donaldson, a communications and network officer for the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division in the Army, has a simple request when it comes to network modernization. “At the operational level, I just want to be able to see (more…)
VA scraps last EHR go-live date in FY 2022, amid IG accounts of patient harm
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Department of Veterans Affairs is postponing the go-live for its new Electronic Health Record at yet another site, as Congress intensifies its scrutiny of the rollout. Secretary Denis McDonough told reporters in a press conference Wednesday that the agency will not go (more…)
OMB sets deadline for agencies to deliver future office space plans
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. As agencies reshape their personnel policies following the COVID-19 pandemic, a key question that emerges asks what the federal workplace will look like in the future. The next step for agencies is to both implement and evaluate their need for physical office spaces, (more…)
Foreign aid for feds in heat?
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Do you have friends, or colleagues, who are baking, literally, in government offices in London, Lisbon or Madrid? Or even closer to home in hot-humid, Houston, St. Louis, New Orleans or Washington, D.C. which is ground zero for hot air! If so, send (more…)
Cyber Looms Large in the House Defense Authorization Act
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. From establishing the National Digital Reserve Corps to setting term limits at CISA, here’s what you need to know about the tech and cyber amendments currently featured in the House version of the FY2023 NDAA.
Addressing the New Era of Deterrence and Warfare: Visualizing the Information Domain
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Wednesday, July 20, 2022 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: Kim (more…)
OPM, NTEU offer recommendations to improve relationships between agencies and unions
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. As some leaders at federal unions and agencies try to improve labor-management relations, the Biden administration is taking steps to encourage worker organizing and collective bargaining. Earlier this year, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment made 70 recommendations to (more…)
IRS may be able to double IT modernization workload with COVID funds
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Internal Revenue Service, halfway through a six-year IT modernization campaign, hasn’t received the funding it sought from Congress in order to retire some of the oldest running systems in the federal government. But the IRS expects funds it received through the American (more…)