House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Elevate Federal CIO
House legislators unanimously backed a bill that aims to elevate the federal CIO’s position and urges the creation of a plan to promote greater security across the nation’s digital infrastructure.
Posts Tagged: legislation
Obamacare Debate: Mend It, Don’t End It
Congress needs to reframe how they are viewing healthcare.
5 Pieces of Legislation That Should Be on Your Radar
These five pieces of legislation could have a big impact on the federal workforce.
5 Pieces of Pro-Women Legislation
Check out these state and local legislatures doing great things for women.
The Right Way to Open Data at the Federal Level
Unless we address the following two things about open data openly and aggressively we will fail — again: (1) how does making open data relate to (or support) the goals and objectives of the government programs that generate the data, and (2) how much will open data cost and who will pay?
The Internet of Questions
Have you ever played the 21 Questions Game and sometimes felt like there aren’t enough questions to get the right answer? The Internet of Things (IoT) can have the same affect. IoT is a big technological system that allows machines to talk to other machines. Although, IoT has been around for decades in some form,Read… Read more »
Open Possibilities with Open Data
Sometimes it’s not the destination, but the journey that truly counts. That’s the philosophy some of the government’s best and brightest are adopting with open data programs. Open data is not just a single solution, but a path to solving the plethora of problems government faces now and will face in the future. Open dataRead… Read more »
Say What? Congress Works Together for Cyber
Everyday, cyberthreats are growing in number and sophistication. As each new exploit is exposed, it leads one to wonder what else is vulnerable in the federal government’s vast network architecture. And with limited resources and trained personnel, it is increasingly difficult for government to keep up with the advanced capabilities of cyber adversaries. In response,Read… Read more »
William Noonan: Legislative Action Needed to Bolster Consumer Data Protection
William Noonan, the U.S. Secret Service’s head of cyber investigations, has urged Congress to require businesses to notify consumers and law enforcement agencies in the event of a data breach, FCW reported Wednesday. Adam Mazmanian writes that Noonan appeared at a House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit hearing Wednesday. “While thereRead… Read more »
Congress and the Federal Worker
Federal employees have many concerns on their plate in terms of Congress and the federal budget, including: What will happen with federal pay in 2015 following the 1% increases in 2014? Will Congress pass a debt limit increase? How will the president’s State of the Union promise to use more Executive Orders play out? KenRead… Read more »