CIO Briefing

CIA Official: Cloud Is More Secure Than Old Tech, Less 'Soul-Crushing'

Is cloud more secure than traditional government data centers? The CIA seems to think so.

  • By Jack Corrigan

White House Reorganization Addresses Cyber Workforce Gap

The White House wants to build a single, unified strategy for strengthening the cybersecurity workforce at every agency across government.

  • By Jack Corrigan

The Tech Side of Trump’s Plan to Reorganize Government

The plans would force government to get digital, as well as improve the way it provides services to citizens.

  • By Aaron Boyd and Frank Konkel

Hacking Acquisition

How the federal government uses other transaction authorities to buy tech fast.

  • By Nextgov Staff

The Best Employees Are Not the Agreeable Ones, According to Adam Grant

It depends on if they are givers and takers.

  • By Oliver Staley, Quartz

NSA ‘Systematically Moving’ All Its Data to The Cloud

The National Security Agency is all-in on cloud.

  • By Frank Konkel

Just 5 Percent of Federal Contractors Are Fully Protecting Against Email Spoofing

That leaves their partner agencies more vulnerable to malware attacks.

  • By Joseph Marks

SEC 'Forces Innovation' With New Data Science Program and a Massive IT Contract

The SEC is doing IT differently than it used to in the name of innovation.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Draft Reauthorization Pushes NTIA to Investigate Telecom Cyber Supply Chain Threats

The draft bill also orders a study on advanced location tech for mobile 9-1-1.

  • By Joseph Marks

Can a Small Business Take Over DISA’s $1B Perimeter Security Contract?

The defense agency issued two RFIs asking small and disadvantaged businesses whether they can support the Gateway Security program.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Officials: Here’s How Not to Screw Up a $50 Billion Networking Contract

The Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract is a great opportunity for agencies to modernize, but they need to focus on people and planning to do it right.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Commerce, Interior, Energy Top New Government Customer Experience Rankings

A new report rates how federal agencies provide customer experience.

  • By Frank Konkel

Senate Bill Boosts Homeland Security Cyber Funding

The bill increases spending on Homeland Security’s Einstein and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cyber systems.

  • By Joseph Marks
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

New Bill Aims to Prevent the Next Kaspersky, ZTE

The bill would establish an interagency commission to help vet supply chain cybersecurity risks.

  • By Joseph Marks

Silicon Valley Is Less Likely to Believe H-1B Workers Are Stealing U.S. Jobs

Current and former tech employees view things a little differently.

  • By Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz

Critical Update: How to Build a Tech Team Designed to Succeed

Pro tip: They won't all be coders.

  • By Aaron Boyd
A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, April 29, 2018. A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, April 29, 2018.

DHS-Funded Company Wants to Use Blockchain at the Border

DHS may soon use blockchain technology to protect all sorts of data it collects in protecting U.S. borders.

  • By Jack Corrigan

What Trump’s Space Force Announcement Means

New plan would create sixth service branch, and annoy the Air Force.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber and Patrick Tucker, Defense One

GSA Seeks Industry Feedback to Better Harness Tech Spending Data

The government wants to get a better grip on the money it invests in IT and digital services.

  • By Frank Konkel

Trade Tensions With Allies Not Affecting Cyber, Top Diplomat Says

The State Department’s focus now is punishing nations that violate cyber norms, not pushing new norms, the State Department’s Robert Strayer says.

  • By Joseph Marks