From: FCW
By Mark Rockwell
Federal agencies won’t lose their existing Department of Homeland Security cyber protections if a DHS spending bill is not enacted this week, but big cyber projects and the security workforce could face longer-term, less tangible effects.
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Measuring the opportunity costs
“There is a longer-term problem with acquisition,” said Weatherford. Stopping work on big IT procurement projects ripples down the chain, as work stops and procurement personnel who are still on the job are shifted to projects that receive funding from other sources. “There’s an opportunity cost” to the stoppage, he said.
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