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OMB alumni to suggest revisions to cyber section of A-130
The group will create a white paper with recommendations this summer to modernize the 10-year-old policy. Among the areas they are looking at are continuous monitoring, cloud computing, shared services and the definition of a system. Updating A-130 will help agencies move from a 'checklist' mode to monitoring systems in real time for threats and vulnerabilities, said Frank Reeder, a former OMB official.
Tags: management , Circular A-130 , cybersecurity , Karen Evans , Frank Reeder , Dan Chenok , OMB , technology , NIST , DHS , Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board , national security systems , Jason Miller , Gail Stone , SSA ,
FAA promises to do more homework for future realignment decisions
Agency aims for better metrics to guide future facility closings, consolidations. The FAA has about two weeks to submit a report to Congress with recommendations to close facilities.
Tags: FAA , NextGen , BRAC , workforce , management , David Grizzle , Air Traffic Organization , Paul Rinaldi , National Association of Air Traffic Controllers , Department of Transportation , Jared Serbu
GSA scandal highlights IG role, but vacancies persist
Aside from the abrupt personnel changes at the General Services Administration, the spending scandal highlighted the role of the agency inspector general in federal oversight. But it turns out many agencies and departments now lack an official IG, according to data maintained by the Project on Government Oversight.
Tags: management , CIGIE , Jake Wiens , POGO , GSA , Brian Miller , In Depth , Francis Rose
Vacant IG spots have implications for oversight
Jake Wiens, a Project on Government Oversight investigator, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the number of vacancies of agency inspectors general. POGO maintains a list of IG vacancies.
Tags: POGO , Jake Wiens , In Depth , Francis Rose
Travel card programs need better internal controls
CRS report details options for Congress to improve the troubled program.
Tags: mngt , OMB , Congressional Research Service , GAO , Charles Grassley , Joe Wilson , Center for Democracy and Technology , Travel card program ,
