Jason Miller, Executive Editor for FederalNewsRadio, write in his article, “Agencies to justify not using cloud computing to OMB” that OMB “will require agencies to develop an alternative analysis discussing how they could use cloud computing for all major technology projects for the fiscal 2012 budget.” This is according to an internal budget documents [...]
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Posted in News, OMB, Policies on Mar 17th, 2008
“How much of FISMA is paperwork vs. actual security?” was the question that Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla. had at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology Office of Management and Budget (OMB), responded “That depends on how an agency goes about doing its work. FISMA has put [...]
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Posted in NSF, News, OMB, Policies on Nov 27th, 2007
“The very concept of information security has undergone a massive refinement over the last decade. Once confined to methods for keeping potentially harmful users out, security is currently much more focused on enabling users to extract value from computing infrastructure—that is, security is concerned with letting the right people access the right information and services [...]
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