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CIO Council to build a community for all

New vice chairman of the CIO Council Richard Spires said he wants small and large agencies to learn from each other when it comes to implementing IT reforms. Small agencies have a different type of challenge than larger ones in implementing OMB's 25-point plan.

Tags: technology , Richard Spires , Brett Bobley , Sanjay Sardar , DHS , NEH , OMB , CIO Council , IT reforms , Jason Miller

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NIST finds five steps to a smarter grid

NIST says it's identified five "foundational" sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber security that are ready for consideration by federal and state energy regulators. Details from NIST's George Arnold

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , Smart Grid , NIST , interoperability , management , George Arnold

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Protecting against cyber threats to critical electric infrastructure

Tags: mngt , tech , DHS , Jason Miller

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New defense thinking needed for cyber era

Resilience, robustness more important than deterrence, experts say

Tags: Scott Borg , House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy a , cybersecurity and science and technology , House Homeland Security subcommittee on emerging t , Idaho National Laboratory , NERC , DHS , technology , Rep. Jim Langevin , U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit , Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council , cybersecurity , JM

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