FCW Insider: Aug. 1

A new round of MHS Genesis go-live dates is coming in September. Defense Health Agency officials say they're making headway on cybersecurity problems and coordination with VA on their new electronic health record system. Lauren C. Williams has more.

New data center consolidation metrics are going to show up in the next iteration of the FITARA scorecard, but some say that the shifting benchmarks amount to moving the goalposts for tech officials. Mark Rockwell explains.

Vice Adm. Michael Gilday is set to be confirmed as the next chief of naval operations and hopes to bring cloud computing to command and control systems at sea. Lauren reports from his Senate confirmation hearing.

The General Services Administration will issue a white paper on how it will move ahead with 5G wireless services. GSA's Bill Zielinski wants agencies to think big. Mark takes a look.

Quick Hits

*** Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are reviving a bid to codify the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program in law. The Advancing Cybersecurity Continuing Diagnostics and Mitigation Act would make the CDM program available to state and local agencies and set policy for risk and incident reporting.

"By codifying the CDM program and providing congressional oversight, we can ensure the federal government is better prepared for cyber threats," Cornyn said in a statement.

*** According to an oversight report publicly released July 30, holders of Army and Air Force purchase cards bought $32.8 million of IT equipment with "known cybersecurity vulnerabilities" in fiscal year 2018. The report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General notes that DOD hasn't established policies for addressing risks of commercial IT items or created an approved products list for users of government purchase cards. Some of the risky items include Lenovo computers, Lexmark printers and GoPro cameras.