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Procurement
A recent request for information details some of how the General Services Administration's e-commerce platform will work and seeks comment from stakeholders.
12/12/2018
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Procurement
Amazon Web Services moved to intervene in Oracle's lawsuit over the Defense Department's JEDI cloud buy, as the Government Accountability Office dismissed IBM's pre-award protest over the same procurement.
12/12/2018
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Defense
In a congressional update on AI investments, Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy explains linkages to enterprise cloud.
12/12/2018
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Workforce
The federal government generally looks like a less enjoyable place to work than it did a year ago, and a dearth of effective leadership gets most of the blame.
12/12/2018
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Contracting
In a management alert, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General found that a year-old human resources system contract is CBP's almost $300 million hiring contract is seriously challenged by performance and technology issues, according to the DHS Inspector General.
12/11/2018
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Oversight
Poor IT governance has prevented the IRS from making progress on a long-term effort to migrate 141 legacy applications from proprietary vendor software to open-source Linux operating systems, according to an audit.
12/11/2018
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Emerging Technology
The tech industry leader is worried that potential abuses of facial recognition technology could diminish enthusiasm for positive and practical uses in commerce and law enforcement.
12/10/2018
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Oversight
An edgy back and forth between the inspector general at the General Services Administration and the agency's administrator's office reveals tensions about management challenges.
12/10/2018
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Cybersecurity
A new congressional report states that Equifax executives knew about critical security flaws months before they discovered they had been hacked, but did little to address the problems.
12/10/2018
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Defense
After losing out in a Government Accountability Office bid protest, Oracle is taking its case against the Pentagon's proposed $10 billion, 10-year cloud infrastructure deal to federal court.
12/07/2018
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Workforce
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wants the Office of Special Counsel to rescind a memorandum cautioning feds against "resistance" and impeachment talk in the workplace.
12/07/2018
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Cybersecurity
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) called for a new "whole of society" cyber doctrine designed to combat modern threats from hackers and disinformation campaigns.
12/07/2018
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2019 Outlook
House Democrats have been backing a revival of the congressional tech consultancy in recent years. Now that they control the House, can the OTA make a comeback?
12/07/2018
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Census
Amid lawsuits and legal uncertainty, the Census Bureau announced plans to conduct a last-minute field test to measure the potential impact of the citizenship question on response rates and accuracy.
12/06/2018
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Comment
An organization can't put a blockchain vision in motion unless employees understand and buy into the impact it will have on them, the entire organization and its business processes
12/05/2018