FBI Drops Full and Open Competition for $5 Billion IT Recompete

IT Modernization

FBI Drops Full and Open Competition for $5 Billion IT Recompete

The bureau will turn to GSA’s schedules to fill out its IT Supplies and Support Services contract.

  • By Aaron Boyd
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CIO Briefing

No Easy Fix for Silicon Valley Angst About Government Contracts

CBP’s acquisitions chief urges patience, understanding over protests against border contracts.

  • By Joseph Marks
Emerging Tech

How to Delete Your Google+ Account

Here is how to save your data before the social network sunsets.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
CIO Briefing

Would You Let Your Boss Into Your Email Inbox?

One startup believes in full transparency.

  • By Simone Stolzoff, Quartz
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Quantifying the Attacker's First-Mover Advantage

Tenable Research’s analysis shows that how the race begins is a key indicator of how it will end. But, security teams have the power to reclaim the advantage by developing a risk-centric mindset and more agile vulnerability management.

CIO Briefing

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Says the Biggest Skills Gap In the US Is Not Coding

Certain skills have staying power.

  • By Simone Stolzoff, Quartz
CIO Briefing

Government Contractors Harris and L3 Announce Merger

The two contractors will create a $33.5 billion company.

  • By Frank Konkel
Emerging Tech

IARPA Wants to Identify Criminals From Their Skin Cells

The goal isn’t to replace DNA analysis but rather add another technology to forensic analysts’ toolbox.

  • By Jack Corrigan
CIO Briefing

Lawmakers Weigh Another Election Security Bill and Warn Canada About Huawei

They also pushed lower taxes for online goods.

  • By Jack Corrigan and Joseph Marks
Emerging Tech

GSA’s Tech Teams Increasingly Important to Administration’s Tech Priorities

18F and the Technology Transformation Services face a more certain future than just two years ago.

  • By Frank Konkel
IT Modernization

Agencies Can’t Dine and Dash on Technology Modernization Fund, Official Says

Awards are an advance, not a grant, and the program office has ways to make sure the fund stays solvent.

  • By Aaron Boyd
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Quantifying the Attacker's First-Mover Advantage

Tenable Research’s analysis shows that how the race begins is a key indicator of how it will end. But, security teams have the power to reclaim the advantage by developing a risk-centric mindset and more agile vulnerability management. Download the report now to learn the 50 most prevalent vulnerabilities and more.

CIO Briefing

Report: Agencies Still Don't Write In Understandable Language

Employee turnover could be one of the reasons for an increase in jargon on agency websites.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Cybersecurity

Los Angeles to Expand Cyber Lab with Federal Grant

The lab, established last summer, is a public-private partnership aimed at protecting the city from hacker attacks.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram
Cybersecurity

DHS Reveals New Details About Its Supply Chain Initiative

The program will be based primarily on unclassified information, the department said.

  • By Joseph Marks
Cybersecurity

This Malware Pretends to Be a Flash Update But Is Really Mining Cryptocurrency

Be extra careful when that update box pops up.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
CIO Briefing

Program Pairing Governments and Startups Launches Latest Round

Participants in the Startup in Residence program are seeking solutions for about 80 “civic challenges.”

  • By Bill Lucia
Rapper Kanye West shows President Donald Trump a photograph of a hydrogen plane during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington. Rapper Kanye West shows President Donald Trump a photograph of a hydrogen plane during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington.
Cybersecurity

Repeating Kanye West’s Phone Password Is Not a Federal Crime

Unless you’re Ye himself, you’ve got little cause for concern.

  • By Ephrat Livni, Quartz
Emerging Tech

DHS Funds Airport Navigation App that Guides You from Check-in to Gate

It also allows federal agencies to send messages to passengers in real time.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Cybersecurity

Firing Isn’t the Only Option for Holding Leaders Accountable for Cyber Lapses, Federal CISO Says

The administration will likely be discreet about disciplinary actions.

  • By Joseph Marks
Emerging Tech

Defense Innovation Board to Explore the Ethics of AI in War

The advisory group will provide the Pentagon with recommendations after hearing from academics, industry and the public.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Cybersecurity

Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Google+ Data Exposure

Google's decision not to immediately disclose the breach has ruffled some feathers.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild