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OPM WANTS $37M MORE FOR IT — The Office of Personnel Management told congressional appropriators it could use another $37 million to migrate its IT systems in the fiscal year starting in October, Dave scoops. The request came in an email sent last Friday, which was a response to congressional inquiries, OPM’s spokesman said. But any formal request for more money in the fiscal year 2016 OPM budget proposal would have to come from the Office of Management and Budget, and no such supplemental request has been sent in, according to a Senate Appropriations aide. More, from Dave: http://politico.pro/1Hwoho1 U.S. CYBER WARRIORS FARE OK IN WAR GAME — Cyber Command put its troops to the test recently, and generally they did pretty well, the Defense Department said in a rare press call Wednesday. Unlike a “capture the flag”-style competition, the opposing, red team wasn’t aiming to win, but rather “to train the blue team participants,” said Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday, director of exercises and training at U.S. Cyber Command. “They do that by placing them under extreme stress and pressure. … That’s where learning occurs — near the point of failure.” As a result, the red teams raise and lower […]
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