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Cybersecurity
Labor Department CISO Paul Blahusch detailed how his agency ramped up its implementation efforts around zero trust in recent months, from establishing an entirely new team to proposing a project for the Technology Modernization Fund.
08/04/2021
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Comment
The former CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs offers some ideas for course correction in the agency's flagging $20 billion–plus Electronic Health Records Modernization program.
08/04/2021
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Workforce
Biden ousted top leaders at the Social Security Administration last month, but some union officials say more personnel change is needed further down the ladder.
08/03/2021
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Acquisition
According to a GAO report, the Defense Department may have $4 billion in eligible reimbursements for contractors under the CARES Act.
08/02/2021
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Workforce
The leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee are looking to get the federal workforce – particularly program managers and acquisition specialists – on board with artificial intelligence.
08/02/2021
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Acquisition
A bipartisan bill seeks to expand federal contracting opportunities for small businesses and push government to modernize acquisition processes.
07/30/2021
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Cybersecurity
Federal civilian agencies can tap a bug reporting system fielded as a shared service by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to gather information on potential website and software vulnerabilities.
07/30/2021
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Comment
Data can play a critical role in planning and ultimately protecting the nation's valuable talent, resources and supplies.
07/30/2021
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IT Modernization
Federal CIO Clare Martorana told a House subcommittee that 108 project proposals have been submitted to the Technology Modernization Fund across 43 agencies, with 75% focusing on cybersecurity since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.
07/29/2021
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Defense
The military services could be required to audit its legacy IT systems and software as part of a proposal to be considered in the 2022 defense authorization bill.
07/27/2021
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Comment
The agency's former top technology official explains how management problems, reliance on outmoded development methodology and lack of customer buy-in are combining to sink (for now) a critical modernization project at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
07/26/2021
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Steve Kelman wonders whether the federal IT community has lost its focus on truly transforming the way government functions.
07/26/2021
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Congress
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said eight new bills will bring the United States "one step closer to a safer and more secure wireless future."
07/25/2021
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Defense
The House Armed Services Committee's Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force issued recommendations that push for domestic production and better government oversight of supply chain vulnerabilities.
07/22/2021
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Congress
At the end of calendar 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs expects to announce a new schedule for the deployment of its $21 billion electronic health record modernization project.
07/22/2021