New U.S. CISO Greg Touhill discussed the skills he believes the cybersecurity workforce should have and offered advice for the next administration.
Source: Touhill outlines skills he wants from IT workforce — FCW
Steve Kelman has ideas for helping innovative firms clear the hurdles to doing business with the government.
Source: A sobering take on government contractors: What can be done? — FCW
GSA’s FedRAMP is a good starting point for cloud security, but experts say agencies must fine-tune their arrangements with vendors by using service-level agreements.
Cost estimates for FedRAMP authorization aren’t simple to calculate, but on average it runs about $2.25 million, according to GSA.
Government technology purchasers using GSA’s Schedule 70 have new options for acquiring cybersecurity services.
Steve Kelman shares a longtime executive’s less-than-rosy report on federal IT.
The Office of Management and Budget is looking for a specialist to support IT category management efforts.
Source: OMB seeks IT buying expert — FCW
The Performance.gov website needs greater transparency and long-term plan to improve, according to a government watchdog.
The MEGABYTE Act enshrines key Obama administration IT initiatives into law and promises to save at least $2 billion a year on software spending — assuming implementation goes according to plan.
Big governmentwide contracts are seeing increased buying compared to last year.