The Defense Security Service (DSS) will be rebranded the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). Personnel are expected to be moved from NBIB to DCSA. Keep Reading
HHS became the first agency to try out the new direct hire authority for technology positions, less than 24 hours after the final rule came out from OPM. Keep Reading
Plan for IT modernization and workforce development includes new agency at Commerce and conducting an overhaul at OPM. Keep Reading
The changes are designed to reduce agency burden in certifying the appraisal programs of high-ranking leadership throughout the federal government. Keep Reading
GAO's latest report on the OPM breach finds that while the Office is making progress, many information security recommendations remain to be considered. Keep Reading
A security program is an ecosystem. A gap, breach, or betrayal in any one area will have substantial implications. Keep Reading
Agencies will need to report annually until 2022 on cyber-related work roles of critical need in the workforce and describe the roles identified and substantiate the critical needs designation. Keep Reading
OPM memo requires each agency to tell the government's human resource office what their "critical needs" are in a broad range of cyber workforce areas, including security and information technology. Keep Reading
OPM has operated under acting leaders since Katherine Archuleta's resignation in July 2015. During the Trump administration, Kathleen McGettigan has been acting director of the agency. Keep Reading
The latest report also found that although DHS reported to Congress that it had coded 95 percent of its identified cybersecurity positions, last August it had actually only coded around 79 percent. Keep Reading
