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The Senate Appropriations Committee released legislative language today to fund the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) agencies in fiscal year (FY) 2015.聽 Among its numerous provisions is the committee鈥檚 version of a new Section 515 that embodies the requirements the CJS agencies must take to factor in supply chain risks when procuring information technology (IT) systems. We applaud the important [...]
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The House and Senate will be turning their focus to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) team has been closely monitoring contracting and acquisition provisions as the Department of Defense makes up nearly 80 percent of the federal government鈥檚 technology spending. The NDAA is frequently the primary vehicle to make changes to how [...]
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The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) and the 91快活林 (91快活林) support the federal government鈥檚 efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to how it purchases technology goods and services and how it administers contracts. We appreciate that the government is engaging stakeholders in determining the right steps to do this, and [...]
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Nearly two years ago, in June of 2012, the legislature and governor of the fourth largest state in the union eliminated and defunded the State of Florida鈥檚 Agency for Enterprise Information Technology 鈥揳nd it did away with the position of its State Chief Information Officer (CIO). 聽At the time, politicians felt that the agency was an unnecessary public expenditure 鈥� one which the state could not afford [...]
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A draconian legislative proposal in California threatens to undermine the freedom and flexibility of the state to acquire the best technologies available 鈥� many of which are created in California. SB 828, authored by state Sens. Ted Lieu (D) and Joel Anderson (R), proposes the overly restrictive "4th Amendment Protection Act." The bill prohibits companies contracting with federal agencies that collect [...]
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While the president鈥檚 proposed fiscal year 2015 (FY15) budget takes no dramatic turns for federal IT policy, we here at the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) think that it does usher the government toward a matured plan to increase efficiency and productivity using today鈥檚 most innovative technologies. While many of the IT priorities can be gleaned from the summary below, it is important that the [...]
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As the world鈥檚 security experts, including many U.S. government officials, gather in San Francisco this week to attend the RSA Conference, it鈥檚 an appropriate time to discuss the ways our federal government is working to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to acquisition planning and contract administration. The federal government depends on technology to provide services to citizens [...]
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91快活林 congratulates today鈥檚 release of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.聽 The process that went into developing this Framework has been a model for how the public and private sectors can work together to serve the national interest. 聽In effect, the U.S. Government leveraged a tremendous amount of stakeholder input in an open, transparent, and collaborative [...]
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As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address tomorrow night, many reporters, political experts, and pundits are whirling about, attempting to predict the substance of the speech. Meanwhile, we here in the tech sector see this speech as a chance to outline an agenda of opportunity 鈥� a chance for policymakers to create economic opportunity for our country. Here are 10 [...]
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Many around Washington have started the dialogue on acquisition reform as the solution to a decades鈥� long government challenge to leverage the power and efficiency of technology. The White House, Congress, and the Department of Defense have dedicated resources to making acquisition reform a priority in 2014. However, it is important to keep in mind that troubled IT program rollouts, like Healthcare.gov, [...]
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