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OMB Issues Policy To Guide Federal Planning And Response To Breaches Of Personal Data

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

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OMB Issues Policy To Guide Federal Planning And Response To Breaches Of Personal Data

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Tuesday issued updated minimum requirements that federal agencies must follow when responding to breaches of personally identifiable information (PII) to ensure that agencies keep pace with relevant laws and policies, in particular the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.“Between Fiscal Years 2013 and 2015, there was a 27 percent increase in the number of incidents reported by Federal agencies to the DHS United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT),”…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

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Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]