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Cyber

White House Technology Council Focuses On Industry Partnerships In First IT Modernization Report

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

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White House Technology Council Focuses On Industry Partnerships In First IT Modernization Report

The White House’s American Technology Council (ATC) published its federal information technology (IT) modernization report Wednesday detailing a new risk-based approach to IT implementation and cyber security policy with a larger focus on commercial partners.The Trump administration’s technology council has released its first report, and is proposing the president implement two year-long plans to upgrade federal information systems containing high-value assets (HVAs) and prioritize the move to commercial cloud services across the government.“This report envisions a modern Federal IT architecture…

Congress

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Congress

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Space

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