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Grace Dille

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Grace Dille is MeriTalk's Assistant Managing Editor covering the intersection of government and technology.

Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers today in introducing the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, a bill aimed at closing gaps in export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME). […]

cyber workforce

The General Services Administration’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has officially announced its new FedRAMP Cybersecurity Service (FRCS), which is looking to hire 15 employees for two-year terms of service. […]

data privacy, people, personal data, binary

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it is reversing a 2024 reorganization and returning department-wide technology leadership roles to the HHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), while narrowing the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) mission. […]

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has authorized more than 500 cloud service offerings, marking a big milestone as the program pushes forward with its FedRAMP 20x modernization effort. […]

VA

The House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Thursday examined software waste and data privacy risks at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as lawmakers considered two bills aimed at tightening oversight of IT assets and contractor data practices. […]

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