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| Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:00 AM PST MorganFranklin partners with ICF Incorporated on the highly competitive HRsolutions Studies and Analysis Support contract by the U.S. Department of the Army. Through this indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract, MorganFranklin and ICF may now compete to provide a full range of support to the Army's Human Resources (HR) programs and systems. The five-year contract, which began in December 2009, has a total program ceiling of $1.27 billion. McLean, VA (PRWEB) January 29, 2010 -- MorganFranklin announced today a partnership with ICF Incorporated, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a professional services and technology solutions provider, on the highly competitive HRsolutions Studies and Analysis Support contract by the U.S. Department of the Army. Through this indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract, MorganFranklin and ICF may now compete to provide a full range of support to the Army's Human Resources (HR) programs and systems, with a focus on business planning and research and evaluation as it relates to these programs. The five-year contract, which began in December 2009, has a total program ceiling of $1.27 billion. The HRsolutions Program Office's mission is to provide support to the full life cycle of non-personal personnel services and to Defense personnel communities. Areas of support include: policy analysis, training and development, program analysis, risk management and mitigation, analytics, data modeling and management, and predictive modeling. In support of HRsolutions' customers, MorganFranklin will deliver financial, organizational and technical studies and analyses that support a wide range of Defense and executive agencies. MorganFranklin's unique insight into issues facing support operations, transition and transformation, and the unique challenges faced by Defense and national security communities offers the Army comprehensive, expert-level analyses to ensure that the highest quality of services are provided to soldiers and their families throughout the Army and DoD. "MorganFranklin is honored by the opportunity to support the HRsolutions Program, and ultimately our soldiers and their families, by offering our expert consulting services to the DoD and the Army, said Peter Sobich, MorganFranklin Managing Director of Public Sector Services. We look forward to helping the Army streamline services for the Army HR community." About the Company ### MorganFranklin Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| IT Execs Now Favor Regulations for Cybersecurity (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:11 PM PST Around the globe, laws are too weak to deter cyberattacks and countries are incapable of preventing attacks. Those pessimistic findings are among the results of a worldwide survey of industry executives funded by McAfee and conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The study, In the crossfire -- Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Cyber War, surveyed 600 executives and talked to dozens of security experts. The executives were questioned about their practices, attitudes and policies on security, the impact of regulation, their relationship with government, specific security measures employed on their networks, and the kinds of attacks they face, McAfee said. The respondents indicated that government does have a role to play in cybersecurity, which is a change in industry thinking. "I have sensed for a year or more that industry, which used to think that the government didn't need to get involved, doesn't have any confidence that they can solve this problem on their own," said Stewart Baker, a distinguished visiting fellow at CSIS and a partner at law firm Steptoe & Johnson. General Support for Regulation Government regulation has "sharpened [corporate] policy and improved security," according to 58 percent of the respondents. But opinions varied widely by national politics. In China and Germany, more than 60 percent supported government regulation, while few in Italy and Australia did. Globally, public-private partnerships have not taken off, with only a third of respondents saying they are participating. In the United States, where participation is higher, many executives voiced concern about "information sharing being a one-way street," the report found. The survey results come just two weeks after Howard Schmidt took the reins as U.S. cybersecurity chief. In an interview after his first public appearance, at the State of the Net conference in Washington, Schmidt honed in on the China-based breach of Google. "I think everybody in the world who's in the security business is thinking about or working on that issue right now," he said. Where Was the Cyber Czar?' But at the time Google announced the breach, the cybersecurity czar didn't exactly jump into the issue, Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle, said in an e-mail. "Where was the cyber czar? All we got from our government was Secretary of State Clinton making a few remarks. This response signifies that cybersecurity is much more of a diplomacy problem than a security problem," Storms said. And there's little nations can do to stop international cyberattacks, Storms said. "So long as the attacker is on American soil or is a U.S. resident, then we have a clear path of law enforcement with the FBI," he said. "Otherwise, U.S. companies are pretty much left to fight the war on their own and plead with government agencies for assistance." "No amount of laws will deter cyberattacks from abroad," Storms added. "When attackers are caught, it is still so seldom that any one of these events makes front-page news." Measuring Cyber Cost Companies and individuals should not expect government to provide much help, Storms said. "When it comes to protecting yourself, your company, and your property from cyberattacks, the first line of defense still rests with yourself. The companies responding to the survey all feel the same, as noted by their pessimistic responses," he added. The survey found the cost of downtime from major attacks exceeds $6 million per day -- more than $8 million a day in the oil and gas sectors. More than a third of the respondents think the threat is growing, and two-fifths of IT executives expect a major cybersecurity incident in their sector within the next year, the survey found. "Governance issues are paramount in any discussion of network security for critical infrastructure," an executive report concluded. "For owners and operators, their relationships to governments are a key factor in how they handle security. For governments, that relationship is crucial for the defense of national assets. In the absence of technological silver bullets, many executives see regulation -- despite its drawbacks -- as a way of improving security." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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