
John Curran
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Managing Editor at MeriTalk, Boston sports fan, dog-guy. Tweets are my own views.
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1 week ago |
meritalk.com | John Curran
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – which acts as the human resources services arm of the Federal civilian government – has awarded a sole-source, one-year contract to Workday, Inc., to roll out a new cloud-based human capital management system for the agency with a delivery date prior to mid-July.
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meritalk.com | John Curran
Tyto Athene, a Reston, Va.-based Federal systems integrator, said today it completed the acquisition of stackArmor, Inc., which provides compliance acceleration solutions across a wide range of Federal government policy requirements. These include FedRAMP, FISMA, StateRAMP, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), and the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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1 week ago |
meritalk.com | John Curran
President Donald Trump has nominated Kirsten Davies to become chief information officer (CIO) at the Defense Department, according to a notice in the Congressional Record. If confirmed to the post by the Senate, Davies would succeed Katie Arrington, who has been performing the duties of the Pentagon CIO since early March. Davies brings to the nomination process an extensive track record in senior corporate cybersecurity roles.
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1 week ago |
meritalk.com | John Curran
Paul Blahusch is retiring as the Labor Department’s chief information security officer (CISO) after a six-year tenure that began in 2018. In a LinkedIn post, Blahusch said he accepted the agency’s offer of deferred resignation. His last day on the job was April 25, and his retirement will become official at the end of this year.
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1 week ago |
meritalk.com | John Curran
Who are the cybersecurity innovators and practitioners who are forging the cutting edge of protection in the defense of networks and infrastructure across the government and private sector?
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And the new Acting Federal CIO is...Maria Roat! (If you can wait until noon tomorrow...) https://t.co/5VzFUc8zAv

Maybe tomorrow...

After @USGSA Head @GSAEmily no-showed on the Hill today, House Dems @GerryConnolly and @RepMaloney offered to set up the call tomorrow with Murphy to discuss the Biden Transition. https://t.co/8oZdYFl4j1

Thanks @C_C_Krebs.