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Federal Drive Interviews -- Jan. 31, 2013
Mort Rosenberg of the Constitution Project details the implications of a recent court ruling on recess appointments by the Obama administration. Cameron Leuthy of Bloomberg Government talks about nine civilian agency programs that look particularly ripe for a little carving. OFPP Administrator Joe Jordan discusses data collection. Al Banghart of Deloitte Consulting LLP discusses why federal agencies and Congress are concerned about the supply chain.
Tags: Mort Rosenberg , Richard Cordray , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , recess appointments , Cameron Leuthy , Bloomberg Government , budget , Joe Jordan , OFPP , Al Banghart , Deloitte Consulting , Federal Drive , DoD , DoD Report , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update
Vendors under pressure to better secure IT supply chain
Two senior senators will introduce an amendment to the DoD authorization bill to increase the oversight over the IT supply chain. A preliminary report from GAO finds counterfeit technology parts easily making their way into weapons systems.
Tags: contracting , technology , John McCain , Carl Levin , industry , DoD , Missile Defense Agency , Senate Armed Service Committee , Raytheon , Vivek Kamath , SMT Corp , Semiconductor Industry Association , Tom Sharpe , GAO , Richard Hillman , counterfeit parts , Jason Miller , Brian Toohey
LMI extends supply contract streak to 8 years
Over the course of the base-plus-three-years contract, LMI will provide metrics and analysis of metrics for the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain, shepherd policy and issuance actions, support DoD's Comprehensive Inventory Improvement Plan, and provide general consulting services.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , contracting , LMI , Defense ,
Agencies still struggling to encrypt mobile devices
Despite a 2006 mandate to secure mobile devices and implement two-factor authentication, only just over half of federal agencies have managed to do so. OMB submits its annual FISMA report to Congress detailing the steps the government has taken to improve cybersecurity, including spending $12 billion on cybersecurity last year.
Tags: technology , management , Vivek Kundra , OMB , DoD , GSA , NASA , DHS , U.S. CERT , NIST , cybersecurity , FISMA , continuous monitoring , encryption , HSPD-12 , cyber workforce , CyberStat , Cyberscope , Jason Miller
GAO evaluates DoD inventory management
GAO's Jack Edwards gives highlights of the report on defense
Tags: GAO , DoD , accountability , contracting , inventory , Dorobek Insider
Azmi: Supply chain forgotten element in cybersecurity
CACI International and the U.S. Naval Institute released a report national security and assessing cyber threats specifically on global supply chains.
Tags: technology , Zal Azmi , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Report , best practices , In Depth , Francis Rose
Supply chains found vulnerable to cyberthreat
A new report finds the vast majority of U.S. supply chains rely on information technologies that can be compromised at any time. We get details from Tom Wilkerson, CEO of the Naval Institute.
Tags: Federal Drive , cybersecurity , CACI International , USNI , US Naval Institute , Tom Wilkerson
Planning for disasters: prepare, don't predict
Federal and state governments need to evaluate their supply chain capabilities in preparation for national emergencies. Robert Handfield, author of an IBM Center for The Business of Government report, explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , emergency preparedness , IBM Center for the Business of Government , Robert Handfield , Suzanne Kubota
