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Nextgov.com
4 days ago
Business

Rubrik 'not aware of a connection' between investigation of former employee and FBI's Carahsoft raid

Rubrik is cooperating with a federal investigation into a former employee while denying a connection to an FBI raid at Carahsoft. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

MoD contractor hacked by China failed to report breach for months

Failure to report breach by IT company targeted in Chinese hack caused data exposure of Ministry of Defence staff. [ more ]
Theregister
7 months ago
Privacy professionals

No one's happy with latest US cyber incident reporting plan

IT service providers are unhappy with proposed changes to procurement rules that would require them to allow government agencies full access to their systems in the event of a security incident.
The proposed rules include reporting incidents within eight hours, maintaining a software bill of materials, and providing full access to IT systems and personnel after an incident. [ more ]
Nextgov.com
4 days ago
Business

Rubrik 'not aware of a connection' between investigation of former employee and FBI's Carahsoft raid

Rubrik is cooperating with a federal investigation into a former employee while denying a connection to an FBI raid at Carahsoft. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

MoD contractor hacked by China failed to report breach for months

Failure to report breach by IT company targeted in Chinese hack caused data exposure of Ministry of Defence staff. [ more ]
Theregister
7 months ago
Privacy professionals

No one's happy with latest US cyber incident reporting plan

IT service providers are unhappy with proposed changes to procurement rules that would require them to allow government agencies full access to their systems in the event of a security incident.
The proposed rules include reporting incidents within eight hours, maintaining a software bill of materials, and providing full access to IT systems and personnel after an incident. [ more ]
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Fortune
3 weeks ago
New York City

Feds scrutinizing millions in government contracts secured by top NYC official's brother

Terence Banks leveraged family connections to help 21stCentEd secure over $1.4 million in education funds, raising concerns of favoritism and corruption. [ more ]
www.bbc.com
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts

Significant corruption risks identified in £15.3 billion of Covid-related government contracts.
Normal bidding safeguards were suspended during the pandemic, indicating potential corruption.
Transparency International UK urges investigation into high-risk contracts. [ more ]
Nextgov.com
1 month ago
Startup companies

Mike Gallagher talks priorities as Palantir's new defense business chief

Mike Gallagher's appointment at Palantir underscores the company's strategy to strengthen ties with defense agencies and leverage technology for national security. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

DWP officials attended a fancy conference. Their tab was paid with mislabeled invoices

Cynthia McClain-Hill faced ethics allegations for misusing funds related to a conference due to connections with contractor Accenture. [ more ]
Business Insider
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

Palantir CEO said cofounder Peter Thiel's support of Trump made it hard to get things done

Palantir CEO Alex Karp expressed that co-founder Peter Thiel's support for Trump complicated business operations, especially in obtaining government contracts. [ more ]
Theregister
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Defra offers 27M to support legacy tech for 3 more years

The UK government plans to invest £27 million to extend outdated farm payment systems for three more years while a new model is developed. [ more ]
Nextgov.com
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Public Sector 'hitting our stride' in government market, CEO says

Google established Google Public Sector, led by Karen Dahut, targeting government, education sectors for technology solutions. [ more ]
Nextgov.com
5 months ago
Business intelligence

Google is now authorized to host classified data in the cloud

Google Cloud Platform authorized to host secret and top-secret data for US government customers.
Accreditation enhances Google's competitiveness against AWS, Microsoft, and Oracle for Defense Department contracts. [ more ]
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www.independent.co.uk
6 months ago
UK news

Major Tory donor handed lucrative government contract to advise Post Office

Major Tory donor's firm received lucrative government contracts for advising Post Office.
Concerns raised about cronyism in government contract awarding process. [ more ]
www.independent.co.uk
8 months ago
UK news

Sunak urged to suspend Fujitsu contracts over Post Office IT scandal

Calls for suspension of new contracts with Fujitsu
Government believes it has a solution for Post Office staff convictions [ more ]
www.independent.co.uk
6 months ago
UK news

Major Tory donor handed lucrative government contract to advise Post Office

Major Tory donor's firm received lucrative government contracts for advising Post Office.
Concerns raised about cronyism in government contract awarding process. [ more ]
www.independent.co.uk
8 months ago
UK news

Sunak urged to suspend Fujitsu contracts over Post Office IT scandal

Calls for suspension of new contracts with Fujitsu
Government believes it has a solution for Post Office staff convictions [ more ]
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www.theguardian.com
8 months ago
EU data protection

Fujitsu government contracts under scrutiny in light of Horizon scandal

Fujitsu's receipt of government contracts is under scrutiny after its role in the Horizon scandal.
The Treasury committee has written to public bodies to demand details of their contracts with Fujitsu. [ more ]
ComputerWeekly.com
8 months ago
DevOps

AWS secures 894m in cloud spend across three contracts with UK government on same day | Computer Weekly

AWS has signed three multi-million pound government contracts that went live in December 2023, potentially bringing in more revenue than its participation in the G-Cloud procurement framework over the past decade.
The contracts, valued at a total of £894m, were arranged via the government's G-Cloud procurement framework and provide committed spend discounts on AWS services.
The fact that these contracts were awarded through G-Cloud just days after the launch of the £1.35bn Cloud Compute 2 framework raises questions about the government's hyperscale-focused approach. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Michelle Mone should not return to House of Lords, says Tory minister

Conservative minister Lord Callanan hopes Michelle Mone does not return to the House of Lords after she admitted lying about her involvement with a company that had UK government PPE deals during the pandemic.
Mone had repeatedly denied any connection to PPE Medpro, which made millions of pounds in profits during the pandemic but later admitted to lying to protect her family from media attention. [ more ]
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Dowden doesn't accept' Michelle Mone's claim she was scapegoat' in PPE scandal

Oliver Dowden rejects Baroness Michelle Mone's claim of being made a scapegoat for the government's PPE failings.
Baroness Mone apologized for denying her links to PPE Medpro firm that received government contracts. [ more ]
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