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The Dell Cloud for the U.S. Government
Dell's George Newstrom and Jeff Lush join host John Gilroy to discuss security and the federal cloud.
June 18, 2013
Tags: Dell , Dell Services , George Newstrom , Jeff Lush , Dell Cloud for the Federal Government , cloud computing , mobile technology , cloud security , Authority to Operate , Plan of Action , NIST 800-53 , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
Navy department's second large enterprise licensing agreement will save an estimated $60 million over five years. Navy and Marine Corps components are required to use it for all of the Oracle database products it covers.
Tags: DoD , Navy , Oracle , Enterprise software licensing , Terry Halvorsen , Jared Serbu
EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
Malcolm Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency's chief information officer and assistant administrator in the Office of Environmental Information, will leave government after three years.
Tags: people , Malcolm Jackson , EPA , Jason Miller , exclusive
House approves IT reform amendment to Defense bill
The first major IT reform bill in a decade has cleared the first of three hurdles to become law. The bill would empower CIOs by reducing the number of people with that title to one per agency, and give that person authority over the IT budget and personnel decisions.
Tags: Congress , Darrell Issa , Gerry Connolly , FITARA , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Defense authorization bill , Jason Miller
House lawmakers press VA for more details, assurances after cyber attacks
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) and ranking member Michael Michaud (D-Maine) sent Secretary Eric Shinseki a letter asking for an explanation on why VA didn't tell the committee about multiple nation state attacks. The lawmakers call for VA to offer credit monitoring services to tens of millions of veterans.
Tags: cybersecurity , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Jeff Miller , Mike Michaud , Eric Shinseki , Veterans Affairs , VA , Jason Miller
DHS finds classified cyber sharing program slow to take off
The Enhanced Cybersecurity Services program has seen a lot of interest by vendors, but few have invested in accepting cyber threat data from the government. Meanwhile, the Cyber Information Sharing and Collection Program is growing through the two-way sharing of unclassified threat indicators.
Tags: cybersecurity , DHS , Jenny Menna , Greg Garcia , information sharing , Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board , industry , Jason Miller
DISA collapsing wired networks, expanding wireless
Dave Bennett, the DISA chief information officer, is reducing the number of classified and unclassified networks to reduce costs and improve capabilities. At the same time, he's ready to expand the use of wireless capabilities across Fort Meade, Md.
June 13, 2013
Tags: Dave Bennett , DISA , DoD , Ask the CIO , network consolidation , wireless network , virtualization , Jason Miller
NRC jumping into cloud, baby-stepping into mobile computing
Darren Ash, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's CIO, said the agency is reviewing vendor responses to a sources sought notice in preparation to move systems to the cloud. NRC employees also are piloting mobile devices.
June 5, 2013
Tags: Darren Ash , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , NRC , cloud computing , mobile computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
VanRoekel pins initial open data hopes on economics
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said the benefits will outweigh the concerns about making information more accessible.
May 29, 2013
Tags: Steve VanRoekel , OMB , open data , information sharing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Veterans in Private Sector: Making the Transition
Tags: EMC , John Custer , RADM Michael Brown , Daniel Dougherty , Greg Muhlner , Tom Temin
