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Several agencies haven’t met IoT cybersecurity requirements, GAO says

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The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 required the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of Management and Budget to develop guidance for securely procuring IoT — networked technology and devices typically connected to physical objects like buildings, vehicles and other infrastructure.

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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

During that period of emergency mobilization, Abante was focused on tracking the country’s COVID-19 response budget , alongside friends and former colleagues from his experience working in the government, academia, and civil society. We owe it to our broad coalition who fought for this budget, and the many advocates who came before us.

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EPA watchdog finds lack of IT systems inventory, software asset management data

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Additionally, the watchdog said the EPA needs to update and maintain its software license inventory to address the lack of accountability for and visibility of software installed on the agencys network.

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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

Over the course of several months, the ITVMO, the Office of Management and Budget and Microsofts federal division discussed the governments requests and proposed additional ways to establish a strategic partnership, Stanton wrote in the blog obtained by Federal News Network. billion in spending.

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AWS expands program offering low-to-no cost security services for federal political campaigns and committees

AWS Public Sector

To support their effective security and management, election campaigns and committees need access to the latest industry-leading security services and resources, regardless of their budget. Now, eligible campaigns and party organizations will be able to add up to 50 users and 100 guest users to a private Wickr network for 12 months.

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Ten years later, agencies still making gains on category management

Federal News Network

As of December 2024, the Office of Management and Budget has now designated 40 separate large acquisition vehicles as best-in-class representing products and services ranging from rental cars to hearing aids to identity protection services. At the Small Business Administration, BICs account for 45.6% Governmentwide, 13.6%

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Retired four-star admiral faces 30 years in prison on bribery charges

Federal News Network

The NRC's IT budget for 2024 is $170 million and the agency requested $190 million for 2025. ( CDAO will integrate more vendors through Open DAGIR initiative - Federal News Network) Agency program managers have some new best practices to protect their programs from fraud and abuse. Flanders has been with the NRC since 1991.