As 2018 draws to a close, it appears that 2019 will be a year of transition in federal IT. Agencies will likely make more progress on these fronts, as well as on areas like cybersecurity and migrations to Microsoft’s Windows 10. The government will continue to plow ahead on technology modernization changes, including data center consolidation and modernizing networks, but do not expect a Big Bang in federal IT in 2019.
Read FedTech’s full article by Phil Goldstein here.
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From The DOL: ‘The Wage and Hour Division issued All Agency Memorandum 227, which sets the Service Contract Act Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit rate at $4.48 per hour effective July 11, 2018. The AAM also sets an SCA Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit rate of $4.18 per hour for work to which EO 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, applies.’ https://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/sca.htm
Federal IT contractors aren’t using an email security tool that’s now mandated for agencies.
Out of 50 top government information technology contractors, 49 aren’t completely securing their email systems against spoofing and phishing attacks, according to a study released Wednesday.
Read Joseph Marks’s article on NextGov’s website here.
Another reminder of why cyber policies are needed. Call us to check on yours today. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency inadvertently shared 2.3 million disaster survivors’ personal details with a third-party contractor. Read Govinfo Security’s article by Jeremy Kirk here.
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