Administration Gets Bipartisan Beating Over OPM-GSA Merger, Lack of Legal Analysis
Administration had told Congress it needed a commitment to merge the two agencies by June 30 or else risk the potential for furloughs of OPM employees. Keep Reading
Data Center Optimization Issue Throws Wrench in Otherwise Stable FITARA 8.0 Scorecard
The vast majority of the 24 CFO Act agencies included in the scoring stayed stagnant at a C grade, while a handful got Bs and fewer received Ds. Keep Reading
White House Revises Digital Identity Management with ‘Common Vision’
Agencies' ICAM strategies must shift, the memo said, to "a new model informed by risk management perspectives... and outcomes aligned to agency missions." Keep Reading
Executive Order: All Federal Background Checks Shift from OPM to DoD by Sept. 30
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
USDS Applying Its Own Lessons Learned to Fix Federal Hiring, Acquisition
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
White House Budget Teases Acquisition Modernization Plan, New Federal Data Service
Plan for IT modernization and workforce development includes new agency at Commerce and conducting an overhaul at OPM. Keep Reading
OPM Making Changes to Senior Personnel Appraisal Process
The changes are designed to reduce agency burden in certifying the appraisal programs of high-ranking leadership throughout the federal government. Keep Reading
GAO: OPM Yet to Implement Some Information Security Recommendations
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
PERSPECTIVE: What Have We Done Since the OPM Data Breach and What’s Left to Do?
A security program is an ecosystem. A gap, breach, or betrayal in any one area will have substantial implications. Keep Reading
OPM Releases New Cyber Workforce Guidance
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
