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January 27, 2017 By AMK

OMB memo count: 31 over last 12 months, including 2 new ones

Government management never sleeps.

Even as the management side of the administration of President Donald Trump still is far from coming together, the Office of Management and Budget isn’t taking it easy awaiting the new political appointees.

OMB issued two significant memos last week — one addressing challenges around agency-vendor communications and the other updating agency requirements for how they respond to breaches of personal information.

These two are among a boatload of memos coming from OMB over the last year. In fiscal 2017, OMB has issued 12 memos. Over the last 12 months, the administration sent out 31 memos ranging from the mundane, like apportionment requirements for the continuing resolution, to those trying to make major changes, like to how the government buys technology and pays senior executives.

Keep reading this article at: http://federalnewsradio.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/2017/01/omb-memo-count-31-last-12-months-including-2-new-ones/

January 17, 2017 By AMK

Updated OMB breach response policy includes required breach-related provisions for federal contracts

On Jan. 3rd, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an updated breach response policy for federal agencies, replacing a policy last updated in 2007.

The policy, set forth in memorandum M-17-12, provides minimum standards for federal agencies in preparing for and responding to breaches of personally identifiable information (PII). In addition to setting forth requirements for federal agencies to prepare for and respond to breaches, the policy also includes required contractual terms regarding breach preparedness and response for certain federal contractors.

The policy states that the contractual requirements should be inserted into any contract, cooperative agreement or other similar instrument where the contractor collects or maintains PII, or uses or maintains an information system, on behalf of the Government.

Keep reading this article which details contractor requirements here: https://www.insideprivacy.com/data-security/data-breaches/updated-omb-breach-response-policy-includes-required-breach-related-provisions-for-federal-agency-contracts/

Read OMB’s Jan. 3, 2017 memorandum here: Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information – OMB m-17-12 – 01.03.2017

May 5, 2015 By AMK

Contractors had access to personal data without required training, background checks

Federal contractors without background checks, non-disclosure agreements or required privacy training were able to access sensitive data from Army childcare subsidy payment applications that they were hired to process, the General Service Administration’s inspector general said in an April 27 report.

The IG said it published the report because GSA recently said it had agreed in principle to get more Army funding to hire up to 50 more contractors.

“While our evaluation is in progress, we are issuing this management alert report due to the serious nature of these findings and the risks associated with permitting new contractors to work with sensitive information, including PII [personally identifiable information], without having completed initial background investigations, completed required training, and having executed non-disclosure agreements,” the report said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/gsa-ig-contractors-had-access-personal-data-without-required-training-backg/2015-04-28

Government management never sleeps.

On Jan. 3rd, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an updated breach response policy for federal agencies, replacing a policy last updated in 2007.

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