Federal News Network

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Interview transcript: Tom Temin: And short of an appropriation, a continuing resolution, at least the money is still flowing for what most contractors are working on, fair to say? Stephanie Kostro: It is fair to say that Tom and thanks so much for having me. Continuing resolutions are more the rule than the exception, right? Tom Temin: Right.

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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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FedScoop

JANUARY 19, 2024

Obviously, the applied for budget in [2024] is larger than our existing budget and that’s what’s necessary to add more headcount. We’re OK for now, but for long-term needs, we just need to get a budget.” The post VA struggles to bring on AI talent without a long-term budget from Congress appeared first on FedScoop.

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

This measure underscores Congress’ commitment to overhauling DoD’s approach to tracking supply chain issues and its willingness to pressure DoD to use novel approaches to achieve this goal. The House bill also expands Section 215 of the James M. Congress implemented a nearly identical program in 2018 but repealed it before it went into effect.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top IT official told House lawmakers on Wednesday that a larger budget and the ability to pay certain government workers more would improve the agency’s cybersecurity posture. The post VA needs bigger budget to draw better cyber talent, CIO says appeared first on FedScoop.

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FedScoop

APRIL 25, 2024

Boyce was previously a senior policy analyst at the Office of Management and Budget, where he focused on FedRAMP and AI policy, according to DHS. The Department of Homeland Security has named Michael Boyce as the new director of its AI Corps, an initiative to hire 50 artificial intelligence experts for the agency throughout the year.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Navy says it’s seen huge successes in a pilot project that aims to change the decades-old, hardware-centric budgeting model Congress and the Pentagon use to plan and execute DoD’s spending into one that actually makes sense for modern information technology. But proving to lawmakers that it’s a good idea, so far, has been challenging.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

billion budget. According to a Deltek report, DHS agencies invested over $1 billion into contract awards in 2023, and by the end of fiscal year 2024, the department’s contract obligations are expected to hit up to $12 billion — over 11 percent of its $103.2

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FedScoop

MAY 29, 2024

But they also noted that the Office of Management and Budget required agencies to designate CAIOs at the executive level in an effort to improve accountability for AI issues. He will continue in his role as National Coordinator for Health IT during the search for a permanent Chief AI Officer.”

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FedInsider

JANUARY 23, 2024

million residents, 45 million annual visitors, and an $8 billion budget, Nadia spearheaded the technology innovation, strategy, and delivery of mission-critical services for the organization. To view this webinar: How to Increase Government IT Agility.

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FedScoop

JULY 5, 2024

For more than two decades, the Social Security Administration has worked to shed its well-earned image as a “paper-based agency,” doing everything from shifting away from hard copy signatures to embarking on a large-scale modernization plan. We’re already seeing pretty impressive improvements based on the SecurityStat approach.”

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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

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Some of the most aggressive innovation happening at the federal level is centered on digital asset tracking and management, far beyond the supply chain environments you might expect to see in production facilities, warehouses and distribution centers.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Despite the U.S. federal government not having yet passed a full-year defense appropriation for fiscal year 2024, the Navy has ironed out its request for FY 2025, including a sizable amount for its contribution to the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, DefenseScoop reports.

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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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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In order to try and organize and set up parameters for its use, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo requiring agencies to put governance plans in place

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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. And it runs at about half the operating costs of the old service. And read the full story here.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security is leaning into the use of generative artificial intelligence by issuing new guidance on how its workforce should use commercial applications of the technology and experimenting with building its own models, the department’s top IT official told FedScoop.

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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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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of Management and Budget, 49 of the 55 requirements in President Joe Biden’s order aimed at safeguarding federal IT systems from cyberattacks have been fully completed. OMB still has work to do on logging as well.

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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. When the Office of Personnel and Management secured $9.9 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to support its zero-trust security efforts, the agency was thinking big. “We That includes…

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

That law requires the Office of Management and Budget to release “Phase II guidance” for agencies to implement its open data and comprehensive data inventories requirements. The CDO Council — which is housed administratively within the General Services Administration — has been there to assist, but has done so without that OMB guidance.

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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. Transparency involving costs, business impacts and…

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

We have a limited budget. To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution. Many recognize the value of the cloud but are hesitant to abandon familiar legacy systems. Why can’t we just focus on price?

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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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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2024

A few months later, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum directing agencies in the areas of AI governance, innovation and risk management. Listen in on a conversation among federal IT leaders, and it won’t be long before artificial intelligence, with all its promise and challenges, comes up.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In an era characterized by workforce shortages, limited budgets and escalating demands for rapid service delivery, government agencies are frequently hampered by antiquated technology infrastructures that AI-driven technologies are tactfully modernizing. where funding was realigned to support shifting priorities effectively.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A holistic approach to cybersecurity Zero Trust also prioritizes some of the basic cyber hygiene practices that agencies can start now without needing to invest in people or budgets. Since then, reports have surfaced highlighting state and local governments as increasing targets for these attacks, particularly from foreign adversaries.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Bauer said 25% of his team’s budget goes towards cybersecurity — primarily remediation — but they have faced a 28% cut in modernization funds. For folks who are not seeing that budget line item increase for their own shop, again, the TMF is still an option around that.” The squeeze is on, but there’s no relief in sight,” Bauer said.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 29, 2024

Navy's budgeting system led it to overspend nearly $400 million in funds intended to help Ukraine following Russia's 2022 invasion, which has also increased the risk of triggering a possible Antideficiency Act violation in the future. Department of Defense said that lax financial controls in the U.S.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Kupang, a very small port city on the island of Timor, will conduct probity audits for the first time in 2024, after ICW and the Inspectorate successfully advocated for an increase to the procurement oversight budget – to about US$80,000 up from $18,000 previously (equivalent to 0.02% of the Kupang government’s total spending).

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last year, the Office of Management and Budget released FedRAMP guidance intended to make it easier and faster for federal agencies to put cloud solutions to work. Since the establishment of FedRAMP in 2011, cloud solutions have exploded, and they continue to grow exponentially.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The company said Friday it will assist the Execution Analysis Branch of the Budget Execution Division within the USMC Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources in addressing audit issues through data quality improvement efforts.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 29, 2024

Coming off the release of long-awaited FedRAMP modernization guidance last month, the White House is now considering how to navigate its technology budgeting needs in a “rigorous and thoughtful way,” the federal government’s top IT official said Thursday. But succeeding in that task requires congressional support. “We

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3

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GovLoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

Have you strategized and budgeted for enhanced security? As you make your services more accessible online for your constituents, unfortunately, it can also open the door to cyber criminals. That means you must implement security measures that protects sensitive data from unauthorized access.

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