On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. In the year since the executive order’s release, the federal government has implemented a host of cybersecurity initiatives, standards and policy measures to protect agencies and their industry partners against the increasing threat of cyber ...
Executive Mosaic has featured Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana in the 2022 Wash100 class for her leadership in governmentwide information technology cybersecurity and public service delivery innovation. This recognition marks her entry into Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who shape the government contracting environm...
The Office of Management and Budget is soliciting feedback through a set of questions to inform the implementation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s guidance detailing best practices to improve the security of the software supply chain in accordance with a cybersecurity executive order signed in May 2021. On Feb. 4, NIST rele...
The Office of Management and Budget released a new federal zero trust strategy that requires government agencies to meet robust cybersecurity standards and aims to reinforce federal defense capabilities against a rising number of threats on critical government infrastructure and operations. OMB’s strategy, released via memorandum on Jan. 26, build...
The Office of Management and Budget has introduced a three-part framework that serves as a roadmap for advancing the Biden administration’s management priorities to strengthen the federal government’s capacity to deliver results to all U.S. citizens. The Biden-Harris Management Agenda Vision has three priorities: strengthening and empowe...
The General Services Administration’s 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology support has received the “best-in-class” status for meeting the Office of Management and Budget’s performance standard for category management. “The 8(a) STARS GWAC program r...
Jonathan Benett, technical director for government solutions at Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE), said government agencies seeking to improve the customer experience need a strategy that enables employees at each touchpoint in a citizen’s journey. “Improving the digital experience involves ensuring that citizens, businesses and employees can all solve their...
Several technology companies and industry groups wrote a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden urging him to ensure that the federal government prioritize the procurement of commercial software and tech platforms over custom-built systems in accordance with federal acquisition rules. Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), Govini, Palantir Technologies (NY...
Mark Forman, former federal chief information officer, has been appointed executive vice president for enterprise optimization and transformation practice at Dynamic Integrated Services, GovCon Wire has learned. He will oversee a team of digital transformation professionals in advising government officials as they implement new business platforms me...
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect federal networks from cyber threats and improve U.S. cybersecurity in response to recent hacks involving SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange and Colonial Pipeline. The order will eliminate barriers to sharing of threat information between the government and the private sector, modernize federal...
