CIO Briefing

OPM Wants to Make it Easier to Hire for Tech Jobs

Officials will solicit info from agencies on a potential governmentwide direct hire authority for STEM and cybersecurity posts.

  • By Erich Wagner

GSA Wants to Help Your Agency Cash in on the Technology Modernization Fund

An upcoming workshop will teach feds how best to pitch projects to a board of administration officials.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Senate Defense Bill Aims to Scrub Cyber Adversaries from U.S. Military Tech

The bill would require companies to disclose if they’d shared source code with foreign governments.

  • By Joseph Marks

How to Connect Cyber Investment to Outcomes

When security pros talk to executives, they need to be ready to show how their investments benefit the business.

  • By Richard P. Tracy

Investigators Slam NASA for Numerous IT and Cybersecurity Shortcomings

The agency has only made modest progress on longstanding issues.

  • By Jack Corrigan

GSA Wants to Modernize How the Government Buys Cybersecurity Services

The agency wants to update its slate of “highly adaptive cybersecurity services.”

  • By Joseph Marks
The Huawei Mate10 phone is on display at the Huawei booth during CES International, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. The Huawei Mate10 phone is on display at the Huawei booth during CES International, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

Huawei, ZTE Get the Boot in House-Passed Defense Bill

The bill gives federal agencies until 2021 to scrub the Chinese telecoms from their networks.

  • By Joseph Marks
Technicians and engineers move NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) to a work stand at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla. Technicians and engineers move NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) to a work stand at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla.

NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellite Isn’t Working Right

The satellite's “premiere” instrument gets too hot at night and engineers are struggling to find out why.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.

Lawmaker Threatens USDA Officials with 'Legislative Metrics' to Preserve Telework

Rep. Gerry Connolly calls Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s recent rollback of telework at the agency “retrograde.”

  • By Erich Wagner

Yes, Your Coworkers Are Secretly Changing the Office Temperature

Temperature dissatisfaction can reportedly affect productivity.

  • By Leah Fessler, Quartz

A Court Has Ruled That Donald Trump Blocking Users on Twitter Is Unconstitutional

A decision for the social media age.

  • By Annalisa Merelli, Quartz

FBI Stands Firm on ‘Going Dark’ Problem While Acknowledging Inflated Data

The bureau may have overstated by three times or more the number of encrypted devices it couldn’t access last year.

  • By Joseph Marks

Pentagon Bans Personal Devices from Classified Areas

That includes phones, smartwatches and other devices that can transmit, store and receive data.

  • By Jack Corrigan

A Former Nike Engineer Has a Simple Strategy for Getting Creatives Out of a Rut

It's time to question things you normally wouldn’t question.

  • By Marc Bain

U.S. Digital Service Will Teach You How to Buy the Latest Tech

Federal employees can learn best practices for digital procurement in a new certification program.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Let’s Flip the Script on Customer Experience

Customer experience is about more than customer satisfaction.

  • By RJ Krawiec

We Need a DARPA-Like Program for Veterans’ Problems, Experts Say

Dedicating funds to veterans’ health care needs could bring more products to market faster, experts told Congress.

  • By Jack Corrigan

House Passes Bill to Keep Tabs on VA’s Health Records Modernization

Lawmakers plan to keep a close eye on the implementation of the $10 billion project.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Cyber Amendments to Watch in the House’s Defense Authorization Bill

The House Rules Committee is considering more than a dozen cyber-focused amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass policy bill.

  • By Joseph Marks

Agency Grades Get Worse in Latest FITARA Scorecard

Eleven agencies dropped and five agencies improved in Congress’ latest FITARA scorecard.

  • By Frank Konkel