FAR Council Archives

President Joe Biden signs proclamations in the East Room at the White House on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

From AI to FedRAMP: 5 agency takeaways from Biden’s cyber executive order

The president’s new cyber EO aims to bolster the open-source software agencies use and update requirements for software providers that sell to the government.

Jan 16, 2025 By Matt Bracken

GSA, General Services Administration — GSA headquarters. (18F photo)

Top acquisition agencies want cyber workforce changes in federal contracting rules

The agencies said in a Federal Register posting that the Federal Acquisition Regulation should align with a NIST cyber workforce framework.

Jan 3, 2025 By Matt Bracken

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 16: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DHS board: No one used software inventories to find vulnerable Log4j deployments

Many in government and industry want software bills of materials to be the development compliance standard.

Jul 14, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir