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Daily Archives: August 5, 2015

Govt posts Request for Quotations in response to massive employee data breach

FCW.com -“At long last, vendors can size up the official requirements for protecting the identities of 21.5 million affected by the Office of Personnel Management background check breach. The full load could be more like 28 million, and whoever wins will have to let the feds inside their own databases. Quotations are due Aug. 14… Continue Reading

Coalition Announces New ‘Do Not Track’ Standard for Web Browsing

“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), privacy company Disconnect and a coalition of Internet companies have announced a stronger “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting for Web browsing—a new policy standard that, coupled with privacy software, will better protect users from sites that try to secretly follow and record their Internet activity, and incentivize advertisers and data… Continue Reading

Additional Guidance on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government

Thursday, July 30, 2015. CPM 2015-08 From: BETH F. COBERT ACTING DIRECTOR. Subject: Additional Guidance on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government. In April 2014, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a report, “Governmentwide Strategy on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government,” at the direction of President Obama in his May… Continue Reading