
Veteran federal IT official Karen Evans tapped for top DHS post
Evans, currently CISA’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, has been nominated as undersecretary for management at DHS.
Evans, currently CISA’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, has been nominated as undersecretary for management at DHS.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking another run at the SAMOSA Act, a bill with strong support from a variety of tech groups.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking another run at the SAMOSA Act, a bill with strong support from a variety of tech groups.
The EO moves “America’s bank account” away from paper-based payments in what the White House says is an attempt to cut costs and target fraud.
Under the executive order, agency heads are required to modify or rescind internal regulations that interfere with intra- or inter-agency sharing of unclassified data within 30 days.
Within 30 days of the order’s issuance, GSA will take over as the executive agent of all governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) for IT, as designated by the Office of Management and Budget.
GSA will be given authority to “defer or decline” being the executive agent of IT governmentwide contracts “when necessary to ensure continuity of service or as otherwise appropriate.”
New DHS CIO Antoine McCord spent 18 years in a variety of cyber and national security roles, according to the agency. And, terminations could threaten the weather and climate agency’s public safety work and make existing staffing issues worse, former workers said.
Terminations could threaten the weather and climate agency’s public safety work and make existing staffing issues worse, former workers said.
Antoine McCord spent 18 years in a variety of cyber and national security roles, according to the agency.