CIO Briefing

Congress Passes 10-Week Stopgap Spending Bill, Narrowly Avoiding Shutdown 

Lawmakers sidestepped last-minute hurdles in effort to buy time for passing full-year funding.  

  • By Eric Katz

House Passes Shutdown-Averting Stopgap Spending Bill, Which Now Faces Uncertain Future

Some senators are threatening to disrupt the process over COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

  • By Eric Katz

DHS Redefines ‘Cybersecurity Incident’ in Directives for Surface Transportation

The new definition allows industry more flexibility to decide what should trigger reporting mandates for the sector.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Data-Driven Government

Federal agencies have achieved various levels of success in unlocking the potential in their data to meet missions and improve decision-making.

  • By Nextgov Staff

Pentagon Moves to Prove the Feasibility of Biomanufacturing in Space

Ethics experts will support a new DARPA project that could pave the way for the Defense Department's first space-based manufacturing option.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Russian National Sentenced to Five Years For Aiding Malware Hacking

Aleksandr Grichishkin, 34, pleaded guilty to providing a server allowing cybercriminals temporary use of IP addresses to bypass security measures and exploit financial data.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

How the U.S. Census Led to the First Data Processing Company 125 Years Ago – And Kick-Started America’s Computing Industry

  • By David Lindsay Roberts, The Conversation

Building Out Digital Services Requires Balance and Customer Trust, Officials Say

Listening to users goes a long way toward building trust.

  • By Patience Wait

VA Revitalizes Plan For EHR System Rollout

Officials implemented new positions to help streamline and coordinate EHR system implementations following an arduous initial deployment.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

House Panel Examines Recruitment and Telework for the ‘Next Generation’ of Feds

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said Wednesday that he is introducing legislation to reform the federal government’s internship programs and writing a bill to expand agencies’ metrics regarding telework following the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By Erich Wagner

Vaccine Mandates, Duration Throw Hurdles Into Short-Term Measure to Avoid Shutdown

Plans once again unclear with less than three days until agencies would close.

  • By Eric Katz

Ambitious Agency Modernization Efforts Demand Leadership Involvement

A panel of federal IT leaders said communication and training are also among the paramount requirements for successful digital transformations within federal agencies.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Hacker, Journalist Among CISA Directors’ 23 New Cybersecurity Advisors

The new Cybersecurity Advisory Committee will focus on five areas including workforce development, and has room for 12 more members.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Sixth Member of International Hacking Community Sentenced in SIM Card Scheme

In response to the growing number of SIM hijacking incidents, federal law enforcement is cracking down on perpetrators.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
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Feds Warned to Look Out For Ransomware Grinches over the Holidays

Federal cybersecurity officials would prefer you keep your holidays a little more secure.

  • By John Breeden II

The NDAA Likely Won’t Become Law Until 2022. That’s ‘Not The End of the World’

The Pentagon does not need the must-pass bill to operate, experts say.

  • By Jacqueline Feldscher

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Three States 

“This is not a case about whether vaccines are effective. They are,” wrote the judge. 

  • By Courtney Bublé

CISA Seeks Protective Email Service that Tracks Agencies’ Security Compliance

The agency is ramping up efforts to exercise its new authorities to hunt for threats across the .gov enterprise.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Biden Selects Former Air Force Executive to Lead Pentagon Acquisitions

The latest nomination for DOD’s undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment comes almost a year into the role’s vacancy.

  • By Brandi Vincent

FTC Investigating Major Retailers Over Supply Chain Backlog

The Federal Trade Commission requested data from nine large U.S. retailers to gauge causes of supply chain bottlenecks and rising prices.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Report: U.S. Workforce Falling Behind Competitors in Digital Skills

Experts advocate better school curriculums and tax breaks for reskilling existing workforces.

  • By Alexandra Kelley