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Howard Schmidt steps down as cyber czar
Schmidt's successor will be Michael Daniel, who for the past 17 years has served in the Office of Management and Budget's national security division.
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.
NSTIC pilots will test new, unproven solutions
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's plan to fund multi-year pilots for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace hinges on program funding in fiscal 2013, but Jeremy
Experts disagree on focus of cybersecurity legislation
Cybersecurity legislation is needed, agreed the panelists speaking Feb. 8 before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology--but what that legislation should look
NIST calls for two-tier NSTIC governance body
A government effort to establish a national online identity ecosystem should be led by a new, self-sustaining and privately-led steering group, says a new set of governance recommendations (.pdf)
NIST releases NSTIC pilots solicitation
Federal efforts to build an online identity ecosystem moved forward Feb. 1 with a National Institute of Standards and Technology call for proposals for five to eight pilot projects lasting up to 2
DHS releases cyber strategy framework
The Homeland Security Department released Dec. 12 its cybersecurity strategy, calling it a Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future (.pdf). The framework aims to help it better use existing capabilities
Group proposes email as Postal Service's salvation
A group convened by the Postal Service office of inspector general to examine ways the service might avoid electronic-medium provoked collapse proposes in a Nov. 14 paper that the service start
Minibus makes science cuts; NSTIC survives
A multi-agency funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama will make cuts to science and research programs relative to the budget request made earlier this year, but only a few agencies
