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With Schmidt in place, who's his deputy?
Sources tell FederalNewsRadio that a leading candidate is a staff member on the Senate Intelligence Committee. In the meantime, former White House cybersecurity lead Hathaway and other industry experts offer the new cyber coordinator some advice about priorities and challenges.
Tags: technology , management , Howard Schmidt , James Langevin , Sameer Bhalotra , White House , Senate Select Committee on Intelligence , DHS , DoD , NSA , FBI , ODNI , Melissa Hathaway , Mischel Kwon , Liesyl Franz , RSA , Hathaway Global Strategies , information sharing
Lawmakers tell supercommittee to cap contractor salaries
The proposal by three members of Congress would reduce the amount contractor employees can earn from government work. Currently, the limit is about $694,000 and applies only to companies' top five executives.
Tags: joint select committee on deficit reduction , contracting , industry , Paul Tonko , Chuck Grassley , Barbara Boxer , Trey Hodgkins , Ruben Gomez
Bond on why he's leaving TechAmerica
Bond is going into the lobbying world. He talks about the federal tech landscape with In Depth with Francis Rose.
Tags: Phil Bond , technology , contracting , acquisition , In Depth
Monday morning federal headlines - Oct. 3
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive newscast , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , FAA , NARA , Washington monument , Census
Phil Bond to leave TechAmerica, start lobbying firm
The industry association names Daniel Varroney as its interim CEO. Bond will work on technology issues with T.J. Petrizzo.
Tags: industry , people , Phil Bond , daniel varroney , Jason Miller
Stiffest ever hacker sentence handed down
GAO to release FDCC and TIC audits, TechAmerica spent $378,000 in 4Q lobbying, NIPRNET to get Web 2.0 guidance
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , hacker , NIPRNET , FDCC , TIC ,
DHS ready to test Einstein 3
Cybersecurity concerns grow for federal CIOs
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Einstein 3 , CIO ,
Senate committee approves DHS hiring freeze in reauthorization bill
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold the number of federal employees stable for the foreseeable future. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said he also wants to look at the size of the agency's contractor workforce as well. The freeze was approved in the committee's first-ever DHS reauthorization bill.
Tags: management , workforce , DHS , Susan Collins , Joseph Lieberman , Rand Paul , Claire McCaskill , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , contracting , acquisition , Rafael Borras , Jason Miller , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
OFPP's Gordon not stymied by bumps in the road to acquisition reform
Despite pushback on some issues by industry, Dan Gordon listens to input from all sides as the Office of Federal Procurement Policy continues to follow its own path to reform the acquisition process. The OFPP administrator said his office is close to issuing new guidance around business cases for multiple award contracts and a final rule redefining inherently governmental jobs.
Tags: contracting , industry , Dan Gordon , OFPP , Trey Hodgkins , insourcing , outsourcing , acquisition policy , acquisition regulations , FAR Council , interim rules , inherently governmental , multiple award contracts , office supplies bpa , mythbusting campaign , Jason Miller
What states can teach agencies about cloud computing
State governments, just like the federal government, are looking for ways to do things better, faster, and cheaper. Michael Kerr, senior director of state and local government for Tech America, says one of these areas is cloud computing. “We are seeing states taking the lead on the application and implementation of certain concepts and technologies, [...]
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