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House and Senate appropriators cut DHS cybersecurity funding
House appropriations also voted to approve $241 million for the DHS OCIO an amount $71.1 million less than the request.
OIG: DHS CIO has little say over component IT budgets
Despite an ongoing and concerted effort to make the Homeland Security Department more cohesive, the DHS chief information officer is only viewing IT budget documents once they're submitted by components.
Spires: DHS reducing redundancy
"It turns out, if you count it up--and we have--…we actually have 117 different screenings that we do," said DHS CIO Richard Spires.
Audio: Richard Spires speaks at AFECA NOVA
Richard Spires, chief information officer of the Homeland Security Department, spoke May 11 during an event put on by AFECA-NOVA in Tysons Corner, Va. Click below on the media player to listen to his...
DHS IT programs cut in omnibus
House and Senate lawmakers have approved a spending package for federal agencies covering the remainder of the fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. The bill, known as an omnibus because it consolidates a
Federal officials launch FedRAMP
Federal officials announced Dec. 8 the launch of FedRAMP , an effort for low- and moderate- risk cloud services to gain common cybersecurity certification under the Federal Information Security
DHS: Stennis data center required $77 million in facility upgrades
In consolidating its data centers down to just two, the Homeland Security has had to spend $77 million to enhance the infrastructure of its facility located at the NASA Stennis Space Center, Miss.,...
Senate appropriators milder to DHS IT than House
Information technology programs at the Homeland Security Department found a more sympathetic reception with Senate Appropriators than the House of Representatives. The Senate Appropriations Committee...
FPS risk-based posture awaits a second try for IT system
The Federal Protective Service can't currently assume a risk-based posture when it comes to allocating resources across 9,000 federal buildings nationwide due to a failed information technology
House debates DHS fiscal 2012 appropriations; IT programs cut
The Homeland Security Department's appropriations for the coming fiscal year could be reduced--in many cases significantly--under the House Appropriations Committee's markup of the department's
