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Cost Estimating NewsBrief: September 6, 2024
White House cyber czar launches a new hiring sprint
(Government Executive) The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director announced a new hiring sprint for the nearly half a million cyber jobs across the United States on Wednesday. The effort, dubbed Service to America, will last through October. ONCD is collaborating with the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management on the sprint. “Throughout our history, generation after generation of Americans have stepped up to meet the challenges of their day, protecting and serving our nation in a variety of ways,” Harry Coker, national cyber director, wrote in a blog. “Today, we face a new challenge and with it a new opportunity to serve: defending cyberspace.” Read More
Treasury avoids paying $4B to fraudsters this year in ‘whole of government’ strategy
(Federal News Network) The Treasury Department is on track to keep billions of dollars from going to fraudsters this year, as agencies put new protections in place following a surge of pandemic-era spending. David Lebryk, the fiscal assistant secretary of the Treasury Department, said on July 16 that Treasury will intercept about $4 billion of fraudulent payments by the end of the year. Lebryk, in a keynote address at AGA’s Professional Development Training summit in Denver, Colorado, said agencies are taking a “whole-of-government” approach to addressing fraud, after scammers exploited emergency COVID1-19 pandemic programs. Read More
Army’s Doug Bush Signs Memo to Require Software Bills of Materials in Related Contracts
(ExecutiveGov) Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, has signed a memorandum that directs the U.S. Army’s procurement community to start including contract language requiring vendors to produce and deliver software bills of materials, or SBOMs, for all covered computer software, Federal News Network reported Monday. The memo signed Aug. 16 provides the Army with 90 days to work on implementation guidance for SBOMs, including sample contract language and sample data item descriptions. Read More
Security in the age of telework continues to be a ‘shared responsibility’
(Federal News Network) While the debate around telework continues to simmer, there’s little doubt many feds will be able to continue working outside the office at least part of the time. That fact makes a new study from the Interagency Security Committee on “Federal Mobile Workplace Security” especially pertinent for federal managers and rank-and-file employees alike. The study examines all aspects of security for the employee who takes their work outside the nominally safe confines of a federal office. Read More
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