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
Agencies Have One-Year Deadline to Identify Cyber Workforce Shortages
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
Jeff Pon Confirmed as OPM Leader; Rigas Confirmed as Deputy
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
GAO: DHS Needs to Urgently Identify Key Cyber Skills Requirements
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
Is an Organization’s Need for a Cyber Army Just an Indicator of Resource Mismanagement?
Look at prior choices to exempt all relevant stakeholders from the responsibility of addressing shortcomings until too late. Keep Reading
