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Governments need to plan for the entire product lifecycle when they purchase technology today

American City & Country

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” Additionally, it’s important to plan for the entire product lifecycle, factoring in system maintenance, upgrades and eventual replacement when considering budget constraints.”

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Knowing When, Where and How to Modernize

GovLoop

Department of Energy’s Offices of the CFO A leadership expert once said , “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” For example, a system upgrade can slow employees’ computers if they’re dated and need reconfiguring and budget constraints have prevented an agency from replacing older equipment.

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Zero Trust is Needed to Win the Cyber War

FedInsider

It has been almost two years since the Office of Management and Budget issued its federal zero trust architecture strategy, which set out specific goals for agencies to achieve by the end of fiscal year 2024. Prior to joining HHS, La Monte worked in various cybersecurity leadership roles including CISO of Headquarters, U.S.

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Letting the Good Ones In, Keeping the Bad Ones Out: Managing Access for Zero Trust

FedInsider

Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The central premise of Office of Management and Budget Memo 22-09 laying out the Federal Zero Trust Strategy is that no actor, system, network, or service operating outside or within the security perimeter is trusted. Controlling access is everything.

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Using the Tools at Hand to Get to Zero Trust

FedInsider

The Department of Homeland Security observed in its Zero Trust Implementation Strategy that agencies “can expect audits and budgets to hinge on questions of whether and how [they’ve] implemented zero trust for years to come.” He holds CISSP, CGEIT, ITIL, ZTCA and MCSE certifications. He has twice been awarded Jessie H.

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First Aid for Projects

GovLoop

The first aid I learned as a teenager have also helped me with project management. On several occasions I had to practice first aid on my projects. Or teach my team to handle a project emergency while I was away. In projects, “breathing” can be whatever stops the flow of resources to the project.

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Identifying & Mitigating Election Security Threats in 2024

FedInsider

With over 25 years of higher education and local government IT experience, Lester has spoken at local, state and national conferences on topics ranging from telecommunications to project management to cybersecurity and data. Army providing leadership in cybersecurity, wide area networks, data centers, and IT.

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