FedInsider

DECEMBER 18, 2023

No longer trying to define what it is, focus is now on the affordability within already challenged budgets. Close Moderator & Contributing Editor , FedInsider The post Budgeting Priorities for Federal Deployment of Zero Trust (E130) first appeared on FedInsider. Agencies have matured in their understanding of zero trust.

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FedScoop

APRIL 12, 2024

The Government Accountability Office has modernization on its mind for fiscal 2025, with a report on its budget request released this week aimed in part at fueling the congressional watchdog’s embrace of cloud technology. The post GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts appeared first on FedScoop.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 11, 2024

The White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the National Cyber Director have released a memorandum outlining the current administration’s cybersecurity investment priorities that federal agencies should focus on as they formulate their budget submissions for fiscal year 2026.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. The key here is value-based budgeting,” says James Watczak, a finance and technology business consultant with CDW.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Agencies’ cybersecurity budgets continue to increase to help them better prevent evolving threats to sensitive data and systems.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Agencies can struggle to stick to recommended three- to five-year IT refresh cycles due to their large install bases, tight budgets and legacy technologies that are not interoperable with newer ones.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

NASA has more programs today than at any time in the agency’s history, but budgets haven’t kept up. To streamline projects, keep track of data and prevent the need for rework, the agency’s teams leverage model-based systems engineering methodology.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the face of new and growing threats many federal, state and local IT budgets stay the same, however. The challenge becomes how to plan and implement a zero trust environment within budgets that are slow to increase. Creating a zero trust environment holds a lot of promise to provide significantly improved cybersecurity.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Office of Management and Budget Memo M-22-09 requires them to meet zero-trust objectives by the end of fiscal year 2024. “Because if you tried to do it sequentially — maybe networks first, then data, then identity — it would take too much time.” And for federal civilian agencies, the clock is ticking. That includes…

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Section 881, small businesses would be required to submit applications for a designation as an Entrepreneurial Innovation Project, and a newly established advisory panel in each military department would recommend eligible programs based on the potential of the project to: advance U.S.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Agencies looking to establish hybrid data centers need comprehensive security strategies that set realistic time frames and are mapped to their respective budgets. These strategies should identify desired security tools and practices such as cloud environments and ways to continuously monitor them.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I don’t have the budget that industry has. Kevin Kennedy, commander of Air Force Cyber. Unless it’s an offensive capability — offensive cyber would be the example for us — it’s unlikely we’re the innovators. I want to be an early adopter.” Intelligence…

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Bureau personnel told the OIG that the lack of a research and development budget makes procurement especially challenging, given that staffers are largely unable to test unproven AI tools that could aid missions. Intelligence Community agencies do have R&D budgets, while the bureau has had to rely on one-off requests to ODNI.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Those agencies also manage vast amounts of sensitive data while faced with challenges related to legacy systems, bureaucratic processes and budget constraints, so it can be difficult for them to maintain adequate cybersecurity defenses against identity-based attacks such as Kerberoasting.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

The National Archives and Records Administration and the Office of Management and Budget jointly set a deadline of June 30, 2024, for all federal agencies to manage all permanent records in an electronic format. While some agencies are…

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2024

That’s why the Office of Management and Budget issued a March memo codifying the need for AI governance and establishing requirements and recommendations for how agencies should address specific risks of relying on the technology in their work, especially when it impacts public rights and safety.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

But ChatGPT took the department “by storm” when vendors started using it to score higher reviews and secure grant funding, said Andrea Brandon, deputy assistant secretary of budget, finance, grants and acquisition for the department. Generative AI describes deep learning…

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In current dollars, he’d be The Forty Million Dollar Man — a solid chunk of the $65 billion requested for civilian IT spending in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget — but he’d still be a federal employee who was able to do his job better and faster with the help of modern technology.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Federal agencies have reported an average of about 30,000 cyber incidents annually for the past five years, according to data from the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Both the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, and the Office of Management and Budget released guidance in recent weeks on steps the government can take, or has already taken, to accelerate adoption of these capabilities. FedRAMP issued draft guidance on Jan. 26 establishing a framework for prioritizing…

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

This makes optimizing infrastructure — without adding staff and within limited budgets — a priority at most agencies. Seamlessly upgrading networks to achieve higher speeds is critical if the IT staff hopes to meet increasing demands for network resources without upending the current infrastructure.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience,” the guidance released by the Office of Management and Budget, serves as a framework for agencies, offering actions and standards for modernizing websites and other digital services.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

27 release of draft FedRAMP guidance from the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program will evolve to keep pace with technology, according to an Oct.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

is expected to be released by the Office of Management and Budget for… The Pentagon enacted CMMC in November 2020 to ensure that contractors’ cyber hygiene was good enough to do business with the government.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Administrators use their years of experience to plan within budget cycles. Federal IT modernization is often a many-headed creature. Expert technologists must determine the requirements for an IT refresh. Leadership approval must be sought, and officials must be apprised of progress.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Limited budgets and underskilled staffs are challenges that private organizations must contend with, but not at quite the same level as federal agencies do. The federal government is a bit more hamstrung when it comes to AI.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

That tool comes on the heels of the Office of Management and Budget announcing its own tool last year for tracking federal websites’ CX performance. The push comes after many agencies failed to invest in CX-boosting tools and…

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to bring employees back to the office post-pandemic in… A recent Government Accountability Office report highlights both the continuing benefits of telework and the challenges that agencies face, plus best practices that they should follow as they continue to adapt how they operate.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In its search for commercial partners, the city needed to promote competition in a concentrated marketplace, learn more about the latest bike share technology and innovations, and provide better and expanded service at the same or lower budget.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and budget-conscious public sector environment, efficient procurement practices are more crucial than ever. Additionally, financial incentives and rebates offered through cooperative agreements can further enhance these savings, providing much-needed budget relief for public sector organizations.

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While many BaaS providers offer to securely back up agencies’ data and apps in the cloud and let them pay for storage, agencies must be mindful of their budgets as well. Agencies must prioritize implementing Backup as a Service more efficiently in order to realize the full data storage and access benefits. But that’s still not enough.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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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FedScoop

JULY 10, 2024

million from the FTC below the FY2025 budget and decrease the FY2024 budget by almost $40 million. In the latest House appropriations proposal , Congress would rescind $146.3

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget has been at the forefront of this effort by setting CX goals, identifying leaders and dedicating resources to staffing and technology improvements. Agencies must now face the daunting challenge of overhauling their…

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

Agencies’ cybersecurity budgets continue to increase to help them better prevent evolving threats to sensitive data and systems.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget signaled a tipping point in the government’s embrace of artificial intelligence when it recently issued guidance to agencies on use of the emerging technology.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

But it also would require the director of the Office of Management and Budget — in concert with the CDO Council — to make publicly available an “identification of resources needed by [CDOs], including to support the adoption of artificial intelligence at agencies.”

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