Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, endorsed using the cloud for sharing classified intelligence on cyber threats with critical industries. More here. A MeriTalk survey fin...
The Agriculture Department is “struggling” to prioritize how it will address numerous IT security weaknesses, according to an oversight official. In the course of 3 years the Agriculture Department’s office of inspector general has made a total of 43 recommendations for improving I...
via The Federal Times The focus should be on savings initiatives that the Obama administration has been touting, like reducing improper payments, paring back real-estate portfolios and getting information technology investments under control, he said. There will be a greater demand for immediate ret...
via National Journal The White House announced on Wednesday that it will close 800 data centers by 2015 to cut $3 billion worth of duplication and inefficiency and will move storage to Internet-based services better known as “the cloud.” The Office of Management and Budget said that 373 ...
via Federal Times The Obama administration expects to save $3 billion over the next four years by consolidating 800 data centers, including 137 this year. Of the data centers slated to close this year, most – 52 – are run by the Defense Department. Other agencies shutting down large numb...
via FCW NASA Chief Information Officer Linda Cureton has chosen Valerie Burks to be the new Deputy CIO for IT Security at the agency, according to sources. Burks comes to NASA from the Department of Agriculture where she was the Associate CIO for Cyber and Privacy Policy and Oversight since 2009. Ac...