Cybersecurity
The Pentagon Is Exploring New Ways to Isolate Its Networks
Three companies have already received multimillion-dollar contracts to explore new ways to protect the data flowing through the military’s IT systems.
Modernization
Defense Department Awards Its Other Multibillion Cloud Contract
The Marine Corps plans to test Defense Enterprise Office Solutions products in degraded environments.
Modernization
Leveraging Technology to Clear Criminal Records
Cook County, Illinois, will automatically expunge low-level convictions for marijuana offenses using software from Code for America.
Modernization
Lawmakers: VA’s Main Website—Designed To Be One-Stop For Vets—Is Missing Critical Links
Three lawmakers penned a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie asking the agency to add Congressionally-mandated links to VA.gov and the eBenefits site.
Modernization
Social Security Advisory Board names expert IT panel
Over the next year, a group of experienced federal IT executives will review how the Social Security Administration's system modernization work is progressing.
Modernization
Facebook Expands Tool That Lets Local Governments Send Alerts
The system will offer authorities a way to send targeted notifications about emergencies and other issues to residents.
Modernization
Social Security Taps Team of Federal IT, Management Notables to Assess Modernization Progress
The team will look at how the agency’s IT modernization efforts are going, including how those changes are affecting Social Security employees and stakeholders.
Ideas
The 3 Waves of Accelerating RPA in Government
When it comes time to actually execute RPA, it’s tough to know where to start and how to scale agencywide.
Modernization
Oracle Pledges to Keep JEDI Fight Alive In Court of Appeals
An appeal would bring Oracle’s fight with the Pentagon to over a year, as the department prepares to announce an award.
Ideas
Multicloud Only Works if the Pentagon Starts Looking at It Holistically
By utilizing multicloud, Defense can move past the lag of legacy systems and begin replacing with new innovative technology.
Modernization
Veterans Affairs Launches Digital National Cemetery
The new interactive website streamlines information about 3.7 million veterans interred across NCA’s 136 national cemeteries.
Digital Government
When Transgender Travelers Walk Into Scanners, Invasive Searches Sometimes Wait on the Other Side
Transgender and gender nonconforming people say they have been pressured to expose their genitals during TSA searches at airports. The encounters stem from shortcomings in the agency’s technology and insufficient training of its staff.
Modernization
‘I’m Just Baffled’: Internal Emails Show Career VA Employees Frustrated by Influence of Mar-a-Lago Outsiders
Employees question knowledge of the "Mar-a-Lago" crowd, but note importance of appeasing Trump's friends.
Modernization
CBP to Process Billions in Trade Revenue Using IBM Cloud
The “mainframe-as-a-service” model allowed the agency to migrate one of its more resource-intensive processes to the cloud.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Wants AI to Improve the Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System
Responses to the solicitation are due Aug. 27.
Digital Government
Survey: Public Wants Government Websites to Be Easier to Use
Government’s sites are also perceived as more secure than commercial sites, a new Booz Allen Hamilton survey suggests.
Digital Government
Trump Signs Constituent Services Bill into Law
A bill to modernize constituent services is now the law of the land.
Cybersecurity
CISA Chief Unveils Vision for Federal Cybersecurity
Civilian agencies shouldn’t all be forced to manage their own cyber risks, Chris Krebs said.
Modernization
VA’s Health Records Digitization Backlog Is 5 Miles High
Staff at Veterans Affairs medical facilities aren’t keeping up with the backlog of paper records that need to be digitized, with some outstanding documents dating back to 2016.
Modernization