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Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation Several lobbying groups representing the cloud computing industry, including Amazon and Google, have also encouraged federal officials to grant faster approvals for the services to be adopted in light of the virus or to provide more funding for federal employees to work from home. Matthew Cornelius, …

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Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation The Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI) congratulates Congress on passing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). This legislation will provide necessary financial assistance to workers, families, small businesses, and Americans suffering from the COVID-19 epidemic, and will be a critical component of …

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Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation Earlier this week, the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), released their long-awaited Special Publication (SP) 800-53, revision 5 – “Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations” for final public comment. 800-53 is a landmark document, underpinning the way …

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Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation The Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI) congratulates the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on twin efforts to increase the skills and capabilities of the Federal cybersecurity workforce. Improving the skills of the current Federal IT and cybersecurity …

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ADI celebrates the recent publication of the Federal Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Community of Practice (CoP) Playbook (v1.0). Accelerating the use of commercial technology such as RPA within all Federal agencies will be a key driver in shifting Federal employees away from low-value tasks and freeing their time and efforts towards more high-value, mission specific …

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There is widespread agreement in the technology sector and in government that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), which was established in 2011 to provide a standardized approach to security and risk assessment of government cloud-based systems, is in need of an upgrade. According to GSA, FedRAMP “provides a standardized approach to security …

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