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CISA confirms U.S. agencies affected by Pulse Connect VPN vulnerabilities

The cybersecurity firm FireEye suspects at least one of the campaigns it reported on operates on behalf of the Chinese government.

  • By Justin Katz

Federal 100: Lynn Martin

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  • By FCW Staff

OMB looks to freeze out federal data centers

As part of a policy refresh, the Office of Management and Budget is putting new hurdles in place for agencies that want to acquire new or expand current physical data center facilities.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

GSA adds hyperconverged infrastructure options to Schedule 70

The General Services Administration adds cloud-friendly platforms to its biggest multiple award IT contract.

  • By Mark Rockwell

IG: VA wasted more than $7M in poorly-planned tech refresh

Technology buyers at the Department of Veterans Affairs wasted more than $7 million in software licenses and hardware in an uncoordinated tech refresh, according to the agency's internal watchdog.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

The perils and promise of software-defined data centers

Proponents say SDDC could revolutionize the data center, but real-world proof of its effectiveness is hard to find.

  • By William Freedman

New data center guidance shifts emphasis from consolidation to optimization

OMB's Data Center Optimization Initiative gives agencies new metrics and goals for fiscal 2018.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

Dispelling the myth of 'perfect' security

A new approach called micro-segmentation is easy to deploy, requires fewer security resources and could be the key to streamlining risk management.

  • By Tom Patterson and Jennifer Napper

One year after outage, MSPB shakes up tech shop

The Merit Systems Protection Board is reassigning its long-serving CIO in the wake of a systems outage that continues to ripple through the agency.

  • By Zach Noble

Federal 100: Lt. Gen. Mark S. Bowman

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  • By FCW Staff

DHS seeks smarter smart cards

An RFI for personal identity verification card technology and integration follows a summer of cybersecurity concerns and PIV testing across the federal government.

  • By Mark Rockwell

So many credentials: 23 certifications in high demand

Here's a list of almost two dozen IT certifications that are in high demand in both government and the private sector.

  • By Jonathan Lutton

New DISA deputy wants to fortify networks

A few weeks into the job, Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel is calling on the Defense Information Systems Agency to do a better job of making Pentagon networks more resilient and secure.

  • By Sean Lyngaas

In search of virtualization

Responding to calls from Congress and the Pentagon, several Defense Department components are seeking better virtualization technologies.

  • By Sean Lyngaas
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Feds talk app stores

Mobility is just as much about apps as it is devices. But vetting and featuring good apps is still a challenge for federal agencies.

  • By Zach Noble

Want digital services tips? Watch Singapore

The Southeast Asian city-state's government may have cracked the code for providing the services citizens actually want online: listen, don't force.

  • By Zach Noble

Back-end of HealthCare.gov remains in development

HHS internal watchdog recommends automated IT for advance payments under the health care law.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Government lags in point-of-contact satisfaction

Use of agency websites as the preferred avenue of citizen contact with government nearly doubled in just two years, says a new study.

  • By Eli Gorski

Knowledge transfer through discovery

Rules and data are relatively easy to share, but capturing an organization's deep, experience-based knowledge requires special effort.

  • By Dorothy Leonard, Gavin Barton and Walter Swap

Everybody talks about the weather …

The National Weather Service wants to do something about it, and has enlisted social scientists and data experts to devise social media and visualization strategies.

  • By Zach Noble

How many parties does it take to provide a single government login?

Identity management is central to efforts to make a wide range of IT activities secure, but streamlining the process is essential.

  • By John Moore