Modernization
DHS wants to deploy 'easy button' for cloud adoption
Deputy Chief Information Officer Beth Cappello said the department is developing a new contract vehicle to make it easier for coterie of components to buy cloud services.
Digital Government
Extradited Chinese National Sentenced On Espionage Charges
Yanjun Xu is the first extradited Chinese intelligence officer to be sentenced in the U.S., convicted of attempts to steal intellectual property.
Cybersecurity
Big Tech Tells CISA to Exempt Third-Party Providers from Incident Reporting Rule
Major industry groups clashed on how CISA should define key terms in its rulemaking process to implement the federal incident reporting law.
People
Early chief innovation officers define the role for government
Though few agencies have the position, two of the government’s chief innovation officers see a need for every part of government to innovate.
Modernization
White House, Agencies Still Sorting Out Who Will Pay for Cross-agency Service Delivery Work
OMB’s customer experience lead said Tuesday that more specifics for life experience projects will be made public in coming weeks.
People
Former tax chiefs urge the Senate to quickly confirm Biden's IRS nominee
The new commissioner should be a part of setting priorities and making plans, say former tax agency heads.
Cybersecurity
Iranian Hackers Compromised a Federal Agency’s Network, CISA and FBI Say
Actors linked with the Iranian government were able to exploit an unpatched Log4Shell vulnerability—which the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency asked agencies to address by the end of 2021—in an unnamed agency’s network.
Digital Government
ICE Needs More Data to Monitor Foreign Students Taking US Research, Watchdog Says
The data is meant to assess the risk of foreign STEM students and scholars transferring technology from American universities to foreign entities.
Acquisition
Here’s what the contracting community thinks of the new proposed rule on climate reporting
The proposed rule is part of the Biden administration’s larger environmental agenda, but it comes with costs for contractors.
Cybersecurity
CISA Highlights Space, Bioeconomy as Possible New Critical Infrastructure Sectors
The agency also suggested existing sectors be consolidated and that there is a need for some agencies to exercise greater authority over private-sector entities.
Modernization
5 Tips from Practitioners to Improve Government Customer Experience
Good customer experience doesn’t happen by accident.
Ideas
Biden to Federal Contractors: Make Plans to Cut Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Companies supplying the largest buyer of goods on the planet could soon have to get in line with the Paris Agreement.
Acquisition
CACI's $2.4B NSA win faces challenges
The National Security Agency will take another look at bids after a pair of protests.
Cybersecurity
DOD Must Enhance Cyber Incident Reporting and Sharing, Watchdog Says
The Government Accountability Office found that the Pentagon “lacks an accountable organization and consistent guidance” for documenting and sharing details about reported cyber incidents.
Cybersecurity
White House Sprint Ends With Nearly 200 New Cyber Apprenticeship Programs
The 120-day sprint saw more than 7,000 apprentices get hired from the initiative.
Ideas
What is Mastodon? A Social Media Expert Explains How the ‘Federated’ Network Works and Why it Won’t be a New Twitter
Mastodon is billing itself as one of several alternatives to Twitter.
Digital Government
White House, agencies still sorting out who will pay for cross-agency service delivery work
OMB’s customer experience lead said Tuesday that more specifics for life experience projects will be made public in coming weeks.
Defense
Is the Pentagon changing fast enough?
So far, two former defense insiders say, new service organizations are more promise than improvement.
Cybersecurity
Deadline looms for plan to restart economy in case of major cyberattack
Lawmakers have been urging the Biden administration to develop a strategy first mandated in the Fiscal 2021 NDAA.
Cybersecurity