Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 22
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Security, modernization and people are key IRS challenges
The IRS should focus the next year on modernizing IT, improving security controls for its primary e-filing tool, eliminating critical vulnerabilities in servers used for personal devices and addressing its "serious" human capital crisis, according to Treasury auditors.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 21
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
4 ways to empower federal CDOs
To ensure chief data officers are more than data cheerleaders, agencies must empower them to be the strategic leaders we need to make an impact.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 18
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Federal Employees Lose a Powerful Advocate With Death of Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings
The Oversight and Reform chairman was a “fierce advocate for the public interest,” one observer says.
Digital Government
EPA Rule Will Make Its Custom Code Open Source By Default
As part of the new policy, EPA will create an enterprise code inventory to classify the extent to which all custom-built software will be shared with other agencies and the general public.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 17
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Why CISA wants subpoena authority to probe cyber risks
In a proposal to Congress reviewed by FCW, the cybersecurity agency said it had encountered at least six occasions in the past year where they have not been able to identify and warn the owners of vulnerable IPs.
Digital Government
Senate Bill Would Open Some Weather Agency Models to the Public
The bill would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to share more weather modeling data with third parties and review possible innovations.
Digital Government
Service to America Awards Honor VA Medical Center Director, Other Exemplary Federal Employees
Six winners among 26 finalists will be recognized at the “Oscars of government service.”
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 16
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
How the U.S. Census Kickstarted America's Computing Industry
By 1880, the population count had become a mind-numbingly boring, error-prone, clerical exercise of a magnitude rarely seen.
Digital Government
What DOD's data scientists are discovering
Recruiting top analytical talent into government is tough, the Pentagon's top management officer says, but the payoffs can be big.
Digital Government