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The Defense Department has finalized the regulations for the long awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model certification program. The Pentagon plans to begin including CMMC requirements and contracts in 2025. What comes next in the cyber certification program? Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins us with the latest.

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There ought to be a law against bad customer experience. There *is* a law, though, that federal agencies have good customer experience. It's known as the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act. How did agencies do in 2023? We find out from the director of information technology acquisition management at the Government Accountability Office, Carol Harris.

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After years of cogitation, the Defense Department has finalized one of two big rules for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification System. CMMC. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, least of the tens of thousands of affected contractors. Yesterday we heard from the Professional Service Council with an industry-wide take on CMMC. For a close-up look, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke to procurement attorney Eric Crusius of Holland and Knight.

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The idea of digital transformation has permeated the Army. One of the most important areas of transformation concerns acquisition and logistics. For an update, at yesterday's Association of the U.S. Army annual confab, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin caught up with the Principal deputy assistant of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, Young Bang.

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The congressionally charted Commission on the National Defense Strategy last month issued its assessment. Basically it said no one should be certain of the U.S. actually prevailing in the next large-scale conflict. And that the weakness has many parents. More now from the commission's executive director, David Grannis.

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Final comments on a Defense Department cybersecurity rule are due today. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification project … known as CMMC … is about to become reality. That raises some practical questions. Such as … when will its requirements find their way into contracts. More now from the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.

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The congressional recess continues. Members are mostly in their districts dealing with elections. The back-to-back hurricanes have left FEMA in financial difficulty, the agency says. So would that make Congress return early to appropriate disaster Monday? Joining me with the possible options, Bloomberg Government deputy news editor Loren Duggan.

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Trust in the federal government is slipping, especially among young Americans. A Partnership for Public Service survey finds adults 18 to 34 gave the lowest trust scores of any age group. It means agencies may soon have trouble recruiting the next generation of the federal workforce. For details, Federal News Network's Jory Heckman spoke with the Partnership's vice president, Mark Jacobson,

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