Cybersecurity
Treasury IG Finds ‘Significant Vulnerabilities’ in IRS’ BYOD Program
The IRS’ bring-your-own-device program could increase the risk of data leakage, according to the Treasury Inspector General.
Modernization
Air Force Bids $95M Cloud Contract To Support Unified Cybersecurity Platform
The service plans to pick 15 vendors to support the LevelUP program with cloud-based DevOps platforms.
Modernization
After 10 years, shared spectrum goes live
Almost a decade in the making, a frequency sharing program involving Defense Department spectrum and commercial users is open for business.
Modernization
AI faces growing pains in the federal workplace
Auditors want artificial intelligence tools to monitor fraud and abuse, but the new tech is slow to penetrate agencies.
Modernization
DHS cloud push comes with complications
A pressing data center closure schedule and an ensuing scramble to move applications means that some Homeland Security components might need more than one hop to get to the cloud.
Artificial Intelligence
An Inside Look at All the Data CBP Collects About Everyone Crossing U.S. Borders
The agency is putting more data in the cloud and integrating more of its collection efforts.
Modernization
Treasury Maps Out Its $1B Multicloud Future
According to the newly released acquisition roadmap, the T-Cloud contract will include, at least, offerings from AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle.
Artificial Intelligence
Where to Use AI and Other Tips From CIOs on Emerging Tech
The chief information officers from the departments of Health and Human Services, Justice and the General Services Administration offered emerging tech ideas to feds.
Modernization
Senate advances spending bill without TMF funding
A Senate subcommittee advanced a spending bill Sept. 17 that zeros out new funding for the central Technology Modernization Fund authorized under the Modernizing Government Technology Act.
Modernization
Procurement chief tees up potential changes in CSP-government relations
In the coming year, the Office of Management and Budget plans a new look at the details of how to work with cloud service providers and other vendors on data sharing and product development.
Modernization
Pentagon’s Former Top Hacker Wants His Startup to Inject Some Silicon Valley into the Defense Industry
"If the nerds don’t show up and work on the mission of national defense...then I’m not sure who will," says Chris Lynch, of Rebellion Defense.
Digital Government
Trump’s Top Acquisition Official Outlines Priorities
Michael Wooten, the new administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, wants contracting professionals to meet 21st-century tech challenges head-on.
Digital Government
HHS’s Suspension of Acquisition Services Leaves Outside Agencies and Contractors in Limbo
It’s been three months since the department announced it was closing down its shared services operations, and many questions remain unanswered.
Modernization
VA Launches VITAL Training Ahead of First Electronic Health Records Rollout
Veterans Affairs officials learned some lessons from their Defense Department counterparts and developed an immersive training program focused on how the new EHR system can fix issues clinicians encounter every day.
Ideas
Agencies to Security Industry: Automate Cloud Compliance Faster
Cloud providers also want faster, more efficient FedRAMP compliance, and today, this is well in reach.
Ideas
How Congress Turns Citizens' Voices into Data Points
No matter why or how people contact their elected officials, they all want one basic thing: They want someone to listen.
Modernization
Treasury floats $1B cloud buy
The Department of Treasury has released a new acquisition road map designed to shepherd the IRS into the cloud era while emphasizing buying to support shared services.
Modernization
Can AI decide if work is 'inherently governmental?'
The Department of Health and Human Services is using a recurrent network to get smarter about its acquisition efforts.
Ideas
I Won’t Buy My Teenagers Smartphones
Denying a teen a smartphone in 2019 is a tough decision, and one that requires an organized and impenetrable defense.
Emerging Tech