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Federal Drive Interviews -- March 6, 2013
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen talks about eight years of investigating waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq. John Salamone of Federal Management Partners discusses the ups and downs of teleworking for federal employees. Jeremy Herb, staff writer from The Hill newspapers, discusses a new House bill that would soften the blow of sequestration for some. Dr. Patrick Gallagher, NIST director, talks about a new commission tackling what some see as a critical flaw in the nation's criminal justice system.
Tags: Stuart Bowen , Jeremy Herb , John Salamone , Federal Drive
DHS, NIST lynchpins helping cyber order succeed
The newly issued Executive Order gives NIST, DHS several goals and corresponding deadlines over the next year. NIST will work with industry to create a cybersecurity framework. DHS is expanding the information sharing program so industry can receive classified and unclassified cyber threat data more easily and more quickly.
Tags: technology , NIST , DHS , Bruce McConnell , Jane Holl Lute , Michael Daniel , White House , cybersecurity , information sharing , Verizon , U.S. Chamber of Commerce , Alan Paller , SANS Institute , Craig Silliman , Jason Miller
Agencies tackle cloud, mobile, big data convergence
OMB and NIST are seeking help from industry and academia on how to integrate cloud computing and the large amount of information that is created from mobile computing. The goal is not just to know what data agencies have, but the value the data brings. With all this focus on cloud and big data integration, could agencies be on the hook for a new "big data" strategy?
Tags: technology , cloud computing , mobile computing , big data , Steven VanRoekel , OMB , NIST , Energy Department , Peter Tseronis , Jason Miller
Cybersecurity center aims at increasing business-government collaboration
NIST launched the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in February and now is giving industry details on how it will work. The center's goal is to bring businesses and government together to solve cyber problems.
Tags: NIST , National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence , cybersecurity , technology , Donna Dodson , industry , Curt Barker , Matt Scholl , Public-private partnership , Karen Waltermire , Henry Wixon , Cooperative Research and Development Agreement , Esther Carey , Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update
White House, DHS, Commerce release cyber 'code of conduct'
The Industry Botnet Group — coordinated by the White House Cybersecurity Office and the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security — has posted nine principles, including coordination of cyber responsibilities across sectors and reporting lessons learned.
Tags: Howard Schmidt , White House , DHS , Janet Napolitano , Commerce , NIST , botnet , cybersecurity , technology , Congress ,
NIST to expand cloud computing circle
With the release of the draft of version 1 of the cloud technology roadmap, the agency wants to cast a wider net of cloud expertise. The draft roadmap could be used now by program managers and CIOs in order to meet OMB's goal of moving three services to the cloud by 2013.
Tags: technology , Dawn Leaf , NIST , cloud computing , CIO Council , Jason Miller
New NIST director outlines goals
WFED's Jason Miller has more.
Tags: technology , management , NIST , cybersecurity , IT Lab , health IT , Smart Grid
National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new director
Patrick Gallagher will examine agency's structure, among other things.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , NIST ,
Senate confirms Ferriero to be next Archivist
David Ferriero is the new Archivist of the United States.
Tags: management , David Ferriero , Susan Tsui Grundmann , Elizabeth Robinson , Tara Jeanne O'Toole , Christopher Bond , Harry Reid , NARA , MSPB , NASA , DHS , NIST , GSA , Martha Johnson
New NIST Director Patrick Gallagher putting no restrictions on reorganization ideas
New National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Patrick Gallagher wants his top managers to take another look at NIST's organizational structure.
Tags: management , technology , NIST , National Institute of Standards and Technology , best practices
