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With CMMC rule final, DoD focused on training, small business relief

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The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, requirements are set to go live in November after years of rulemaking.

Defense Department officials are now rolling out acquisition training to get both government and industry up to speed on implementation of the CMMC program. DoD officials have laid out a “phased” implementation approach for the sweeping cybersecurity requirements.

“We’ve done the implementation plan through the rule. It’s very well laid out,” Stacy Bostjanick, chief of defense industrial base cybersecurity in DoD’s office of the chief information officer, told reporters on the sidelines of the Billington Cyber Summit in Washington on Wednesday.

“We’ve put out a lot of memos,” she continued. “I think the new things that will be coming out are the training classes. We have several training classes through [Defense Acquisition University], working on a couple of videos, vignettes for people, a YouTube kind of thing to try to help educate people. The main thing is just the training to get people up to snuff.”

A senior DoD official told Federal News Network that as of July, more than 300 students had completed DAU’s introductory course on CMMC.

Additionally, more than 1700 students had completed DAU webinars covering the basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems and more than 1300 students had completed DAU webinars on the National Institute of Standards and Technology controls that form the basis of CMMC.

Bostjanick said the Pentagon is also working with the Small Business administration “to see if there’s any relief or anything we can do to help the small businesses financially.”

“But those conversations are just in the beginning stages,” she added.

DoD published the final acquisition requirements for CMMC in today’s Federal Register. The rule become effective 60 days after publication on Nov. 10.

The publication of the final acquisition rule marks the end of a years-long rulemaking saga to make CMMC a reality. The goal of the program is to ensure defense contractors are following existing cybersecurity standards for protecting controlled unclassified information.

The “CMMC 2.0” requirements are intended to do that through self-assessments for more benign data, as well as third-party audits for contractors handling more sensitive data, such as weapon system specifications.

“We expect our vendors to put U.S. national security at the top of their priority list,” Kate Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD chief information officer, said in a statement this week. “By complying with cyber standards and achieving CMMC, this shows our vendors are doing exactly that.”

In a July 28 memo to senior DoD officials, Arrington laid out, “Resources for Implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program.” The memo points to various CMMC guidance, training and resources.

It also provides an overview of the “phased timeline” for CMMC implementation. A senior DoD official told Federal News Network that the goal of the memo was to ensure senior DoD leaders are familiar with the phased approach.

Source: July 28 DoD memo, “Resources for Implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program”

“The DoD understands that industry has concerns about their ability to meet these requirements in a timely manner, and the implementation plan is specifically designed to begin with self-assessments,” the official said.

DoD laid out the three-year implementation plan in the CMMC program rule finalized last year. The phased plan “is intended to address ramp-up issues, provide time to train the necessary number of assessors, and allow companies the time needed to understand and implement CMMC requirements,” DoD wrote in that program rule.

The first phase beginning on Nov. 10 will last one year, and will involve DoD including CMMC self-assessment requirements in all applicable solicitations and contracts as a condition of contract award.

During the first phase, DoD programs will have the discretion to require a third-party CMMC assessment in solicitations and contracts. But it will not automatically start including the third-party requirements until the second phase of the program.

During the following stages of the phased implementation, DoD will still have the discretion to waive or delay third-party CMMC assessment requirements. But DoD’s goal is to have CMMC fully implemented and adopted in every contract or solicitation within three years of the acquisition rule becoming effective, meaning DoD’s target date for full implementation is now Nov. 10, 2028.

The DoD CIO’s office also provided program managers across the department with more guidance on CMMC implementation in a January memo.

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WATCH: Somali Migrants in Minnesota FREAK OUT After Apartment Manager Lets ICE Agents Inside Building to Arrest Illegal Aliens

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ICE agents launch a raid in Minnesota. Credit: Ring Camera/ Katie Daviscourt X

Criminal illegal alien Somalis are starting to get awfully scared now that the Trump Administration is laying down the law, after their grift made national headlines.

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier this week, ICE has already begun making arrests in what locals call “Somali-land Minnesota,” a region with one of the largest concentrations of Somali immigrants in the United States.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that during Tuesday’s press conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara warned residents that masked individuals detaining people in Somali neighborhoods were “possibly kidnapping people,” urging the city’s enormous Somali enclave to dial 911 if they encounter law-enforcement activity they “don’t recognize.”

On Saturday, a viral video emerged showing just how frightened Somali illegals are about possibly going back to their homeland.

After ICE agents were let into an apartment building, Somalis started freaking out and screaming at the agents.

“Why did they let them in?” one guy asks. “This is private property, we live here!”

“Chairman Associates are doing this to us?” he adds. “I will kill you! I will kill you!”

The man continued to melt down after ICE agents stood their ground.

“I’ve lived here 27 years, they’re letting ICE in to arrest us!?” he yelled. “They’re doing this to us after 10 years of living here?!”

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Other Somalis in the building then spoke up to express their anger, before the man who had started the whole commotion began again.

“We are Muslim, is that the problem?!” the first man yelled.

ICE, of course, would not be inside the building if there was not a reason to believe there were illegals.

Immigration agents do not care about a migrant’s religion, which the First Amendment protects.

The only thing they care about is whether immigrants are here illegally, which this man apparently was, given his reaction.

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President Trump Had Every Right to Pardon Tina Peters Because Biden’s Federal Agencies Were All Over the Tina Peters Case

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The Federal Government was totally involved in Tina Peters’ investigation and arrest, which is a key reason President Trump has the right to pardon Tina Peters.

Former Mesa County, Colorado Election Clerk Tina Peters broke no state or federal laws by backing up her Election Management Server (EMS) hard drive, having it analyzed, and even publishing the results.  If she had, the federal and Colorado state governments would have legally come down on her for doing so, especially during the Biden administration.

In other words, not one state or federal charge resulted from Tina’s actions backing up her county’s server.  Because they had NOTHING, Colorado (likely at the behest of the DOJ) had to manufacture imaginary felonies and misdemeanors against Clerk Peters and then prosecute her in the state courts.

President Trump pardoned Tina Peters on Thursday night. 

President Trump Pardons Tina Peters!

He had the absolute right and duty to do so.  There is ample evidence that the federal government under Biden was involved in the Tina Peters case, which supports the argument that, because the federal government led the effort, directed it, or was a large part of the effort to indict and imprison Tina Peters, President Trump can pardon her. 

The Biden Regime’s involvement in Tina Peters Case

The FBI issued a statement almost immediately after Peters came forward, stating that they would investigate her for potential violations of federal laws. The Biden regime never formally prosecuted Tina, but it appears that Biden’s Department of Justice was working closely with local Colorado officials who sought to put Peters in jail. (https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/17/tina-peters-replaced/)

The Mesa County District Attorney, Dan Rubinstein, included Matthew Kirsh, the United States Attorney for Colorado, in a May 17, 2022, email to multiple District Attorneys across Colorado. The email is titled “Rule 3.8 Meeting” which appears to reference the rules of professional conduct for prosecutors. (https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/meet-us-attorney, https://www.cobar.org/Portals/COBAR/Repository/12.1.22/Rule%203.8%20-%20Special%20Responsibilities%20of%20a%20Prosecutor.pdf?ver=h4k_BG_0T1kn7Rdgo8sLiQ%3D%3D )

Email from Dan Rubinstein to DOJ attorney and Colorado District Attorneys, apparently brainstorming how to appear legitimate and ethical while prosecuting Tina Peters

The email suggests that Rubinstein was having some trouble reconciling the prosecution of Tina Peters with prosecutors’ rules of professional conduct and had to call in the cavalry to help him brainstorm ways to avoid being “accused of wrongdoing.”

Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein

First, Rubinstein appears to recognize that there is no precedent for the prosecution he wants to undertake, as he expresses a desire that this group of legal minds start writing opinions and issuing guidance documents in the vein of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) and the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council (CDAC). Without a coherent legal pathway for prosecution, it appears Rubinstein encouraged this course of action to give prosecutors cover.

Second, Rubinstein notes that it is problematic that they have no formal appointments from a government body to lay the groundwork to prosecute Peters.

Third, Rubinstein informs the group of their need to anticipate defending themselves as to why they didn’t seek an opinion on Peter’s case from the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Commission. Rubinstein and his cronies appear to have succeeded in giving their efforts the veneer of legitimacy because three months after this email was sent, Peters was indicted by a grand jury. (https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/tina-peters-arraigned-on-10-felony-misdemeanor-charges-in-case-alleging-election-equipment-breach/article_7ad92362-14ff-11ed-8571-7fe4f678dc82.html)

Another glaring piece of evidence that the Tina Peters case was led by the federal government is that if this was ‘only a Colorado issue’, why was US Attorney General Merrick Garland participating in initial Mesa County discussions via Webex regarding the findings of Clerk Peters and her actions related to those findings?

We also know that the full force of the federal government was directly applied to those associated with Tina’s situation, in that the FBI raided Tina’s home.

In addition, Tina’s associate, Sherronna Bishop, ’s home also raided by the FBI.

Also, ‘My Pillow’ CEO Mike Lindell was also targeted by the FBI, and they confiscated his phone while he was traveling in Minnesota.  These were federal actions.  He was communicating with Tina Peters and offered her his support.

Peters was convicted of first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty, and identity theft.

The official statement behind Tina Peters’ indictment included mention of the federal government,

“ The Mesa County District Attorney’s Office and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office assisted the FBI in the operation, which was described by Mesa County spokesperson Stephanie Reecy as “federally-authorized law enforcement actions into potential criminal activity by employees of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s Office and others associated with those employees.”  Read all about it HERE.

It’s easy to see that the federal government was involved in this case and that the federal actions noted above like the raids (that they conveniently ignore now), indicate that this was much more than a Colorado issue.  (See Tina Peters story and watch “Selection Code” at https://tinapeters.us/ (links from dropdown menu)).

Joe Hoft was on AON a year and a half ago with Dan Ball, and he mentioned that there is an avenue for President Trump to pardon Tina Peters.  If the federal government was behind her arrest and her indictments, or if they ran the operation against Tina, there is good reason to believe that this was a federal operation.  This would open an avenue for President Trump to pardon Tina Peters.

President Trump listened and pardoned Tina Peters. 

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Sen. Chuck Grassley and GOP Senators Force Esteemed Lawyer and Trump Pick Julianne Murray to Withdraw Her Name from Contention as Acting US Attorney from Delaware

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Julianne Moore celebrates after she fought to ban mail-in ballots in Delaware.- With Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson

In 2022 the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that mail-in voting is unconstitutional in the state.
It was a unanimous decision!

Attorney Julianne Murray filed the lawsuit back in July 2022 over the new law that allows voters to request and submit ballots through the mail.

Julianne Murray is a Georgetown-based lawyer who challenged incumbent Attorney General Kathy Jennings in the Attorney General’s race in Delaware in 2024 where she sadly lost to the prominent Democrat.

Julianne Murray has always been a fighter. She has always stood up for what is right.

Julianne Murray was President Trump’s pick as US Attorney and she served Delaware with dignity and focus on one mission – taking down crime.

On Friday Julianne decided to step down as the acting US Attorney for the district of Delaware. She was forced to do this because GOP Senator Chuck Grassley refuses to get rid of the “blue slip” rule in the US Senate that allows Democrats to nullify President Trump’s picks for office.

This is a tremendous loss for the country and President Trump. Julianne is a star and decent person.

Here is her full statement. It is gut wrenching.

Statement from Julianne Murray, Acting U.S. Attorney for Delaware, discussing her tenure, challenges faced, and decision to resign, emphasizing commitment to safety and integrity in law enforcement.GOP Attorney Julianne Murray withdraws her name as Acting US Attorney for the district of Delaware.

This is a huge loss to the American public.

Chuck Grassley and Republicans refuse to get rid of this foolish rule that damages the country. Now we all suffer. What a travesty.

Here is Alina Habba’s reaction.

We have egotistical elected officials who don’t care about their constituents.

For the record – This is what President Trump was posting about this week.

President Trump on TRUTH: “Blue Slips” are making it impossible to get great Republican Judges and U.S. Attorneys approved to serve in any state where there is even a single Democrat Senator. If they say no, then it is OVER for that very well qualified Republican candidate. Only a really far left Democrat can be approved. It is shocking that Republicans, under Senator Chuck G, allow this scam to continue. So unfair to Republicans, and not Constitutional. I am hereby asking Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a fantastic guy, to get something done, ideally the termination of Blue Slips. Too many GREAT REPUBLICANS are being, SENT PACKIN’. None are getting approved!!! President DJT

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