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By: FEDweek StaffThe Senate has passed S-1097, designed to help address the government’s difficulties in hiring and keeping employees in cybersecurity fields and to improve career development opportunities for such employees by creating a new interagency rotational program.
“This program would enable employees to serve across multiple government agencies, allowing them to gain experience beyond their primary assignment and expand their professional networks. The legislation will provide opportunities to help attract and retain cybersecurity experts in the federal government by offering civilian employees opportunities to enhance their careers, broaden their professional experience, and foster collaborative networks by experiencing and contributing to the cyber mission beyond their home agencies,” sponsors said in a statement.
Similar legislation passed the Senate in the prior Congress but stalled in the House.
Meanwhile, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved S-3099, to make permanent and update the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), which since 2011 has set standards for cloud-based storage and other technologies for federal agencies.
The measure would set new security standards for determining which products are deemed safe and can receive FedRAMP authorization and would create an interagency committee to improve communication between agencies who use cloud technologies and the companies that provide them, among other steps.
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