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Cyber

GAO Says Federal Departments Vary In Carrying Out Cyber Workforce Practices

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

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The implementation of leading practices for improving the federal cyber security workforce varies from agency to agency and in some cases some of these practices aren’t being used at all, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. Of the departments that GAO examined, “Five agencies have addressed several key principles in their workforce plans, but three agencies did not have any workforce plans that addressed cybersecurity needs,” says the report, Cybersecurity Human Capital: Initiatives Need Better Planning…

Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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