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White House includes NSTIC defunding as reason for veto threat
The White House cites a lack of funding for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace among other reasons for a May 7 veto threat to a House Appropriations Committee-approved fiscal 2013 funding bill.
NIST poised to get more money in fiscal 2013
Under the House version, NIST would receive $830.17 million, while under the Senate, it would receive the somewhat less amount of $826 million.
House bill would reauthorize NSF cybersecurity grants at $140M annually
The bill ( H.R. 2096 ), passed 395-10 as part of a House "cyber week" dominated by discussion of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which the chamber approved April 26.
Agencies have cybersecurity control flexibility, reminds DHS
Security controls listed in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 are not absolutely mandatory, especially not to the point where they would interfere with business operations, the Homeland Security Department's National Cyber Security Division reminds federal agencies.
FedRAMP JAB to name third party assessment organizations by May
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the General Services Administration are now reviewing the first set of third party assessment organizations, and by May the FedRAMP joint...
Internet voting not ready for elections, says DHS official
Unresolved technological problems means Internet voting should not yet be deployed to U.S. elections, a Homeland Security Department cybersecurity official told a conference of election officials and watchdogs.
DOE proposes cybersecurity risk management process for electric energy industry
A proposed Energy Department cybersecurity risk management process guideline for the U.S. electric energy industry draws heavily from existing guidance published by the National Institute of
NASA STEM cuts part of larger strategy, says OSTP head
The president's fiscal 2013 budget request makes a significant cuts to NASA's education programs, but according to John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, these cuts do
NIST wants $1 billion for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Patrick Gallagher did only a little March 6 to shed light on a $1 billion mandatory spending request for a "National Network for Manufacturing
No surprises in final version of NIST smart grid roadmap
A final version 2.0 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology roadmap for smart grid interoperability released Feb. 28 differs only slightly from an earlier draft the agency put out last
