Tag: Software

Army to update its software directive, pursue new funding category for software

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The Army is updating its software directive and scrapping its existing policy on software funding that has routinely hindered software projects across the service.  Michael Obadal, the service’s undersecretary, said the new software directive will be released “in the coming weeks.” The service plans to revise the document annually to keep pace with the rapidly changing environment.  Meanwhile, canceling its existing policy governing how the service pays for software will allow the Army to “apply the appropriate type of money to the applicable use case.”  “For many years, as many…

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How the administration is bringing much needed change to software license management

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Over the last 11 months, the General Services Administration has signed 11 enterprisewide software agreements under its OneGov strategy. The agreements bring both standard terms and conditions as well as significant discounts for a limited period of time to agencies. Ryan Triplette, the executive director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing, said the Trump administration seems to be taking cues from what has been working, or not working, in the private sector around managing software licenses. Ryan Triplette is the executive director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing.…

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US Congress passes bill forcing tech companies to disclose foreign software probes – Reuters

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Reuters US Congress passes bill forcing tech companies to disclose foreign software probesReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military. us congress – Google News

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Kaspersky Lab Antivirus Software Is Ordered Off US Government Computers – New York Times

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New York Times Kaspersky Lab Antivirus Software Is Ordered Off US Government ComputersNew York Times“The risk that the Russian government, whether acting on its own or in collaboration with Kaspersky, could capitalize on access provided by Kaspersky products to compromise federal information and information systems directly implicates U.S. national …US government bans agencies from using Russian cybersecurity software over spying fearsThe Independent DHS Statement on the Issuance of Binding Operational Directive 17-01 | Homeland SecurityHomeland SecurityUS moves to ban Kaspersky software in federal agencies amid concerns of Russian espionageWashington PostBloomberg –Kaspersky Lab –Kaspersky…

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