Modernization
House panel presses FAA to speed up modernization
Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure pressed an FAA official on what it would take for the agency to modernize faster, including its plans to update a system that caused a nationwide ground stop last month.
Digital Government
VA Centers Talent Recruitment and Remote Work in Its Operations Revamp
The agency’s chief people officer described efforts to attract high-skilled workers affected by layoffs across the tech sector and expand telework opportunities to modernize tech-centric operations.
Modernization
House Republicans Seek to Mandate VA's EHR Program Improve or Face Termination
Leading GOP lawmakers on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee introduced legislation to expand oversight over the VA’s new electronic health record system and, if need be, to terminate the program.
Artificial Intelligence
Defense Kicks Off First Series of Global Information Dominance Experiments Program
The program brings together multiple experts within the Defense Department to develop and implement advanced AI and data analytics in warfighting operations.
Digital Government
VA is Working to Add New Features to its Health and Benefits App
The VA’s mobile phone app, which surpassed one million downloads last year, is rolling out new prescription refill and travel reimbursement services for veterans in the coming months.
Digital Government
Microsoft Office 365 Now Available to Customers at Secret Classification
Microsoft’s productivity suite is now available at a more secure classification level.
Modernization
FAA attributes ground-stop glitch to contractor error
The agency said there is no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent behind last week's system outage.
Modernization
New HHS data strategy is coming in 'weeks,' CIO says
Data sharing within HHS and beyond the department are still sore spots, but the hope is that a new data strategy could help.
Modernization
Veterans Affairs Unveils Draft for $60B T4NG 2 Vehicle
But time is short: comments regarding the VA's go-to technology contract are due Friday.
Modernization
Air Force Can Do More to Advance Its JADC2 Contribution, Watchdog Says
The Government Accountability Office said that “more needs to be done” to develop plans for the Air Force’s component of the militarywide tactical network.
Modernization
Aviation industry warned FAA system is 'a disorganized catch-all' years ahead of failure
A trade group has been urging for better backups to the system whose failure earlier this week led to a brief air traffic outage.
Modernization
Asylum-Seekers Can Now Schedule Entry Appointments in Advance via CBP Mobile App
Customs and Border Protection’s mobile application, launched in October 2020 to streamline access to customs services, now includes a function for migrants to schedule appointments at select U.S. ports of entry.
Modernization
NASA spent $35 million on ‘wasteful’ software licenses and fees, report says
NASA’s current software management operations put it years away from achieving a centralized and consolidated enterprise computing model, according to its inspector general.
Modernization
CISA to Hold Virtual Meeting on $200M IT Support Contract
Eligible vendors can find a sources sought notice on GSA’s eBuy ahead of the pre-solicitation conference to be held later this month.
Modernization
FAA system outage grounds all U.S. flights overnight
An outage to a system providing real-time flight hazard information led to a nationwide ground stop of U.S. air travel Wednesday morning.
Modernization
Governments View Open Source as Critical for Enhancing Digital Services, Experts Say
The U.S. government is “still in the process of organizing and coordinating” its own strategy around the use of open source software, according to a CISA official.
Modernization
Watchdog: Justice Dept. Lags on Implementing Tech, Supply Chain Recommendations
An inspector general's report issued Thursday noted that as of Nov. 30, the department has more than 700 recommendations that had not yet been fully implemented, some more than three years old.
Modernization
COBOL: You’re thinking about it wrong
The workhorse computing language suffers from a “major image problem” rooted in fundamental misperceptions, researchers say.
Modernization
Defense Logistics Agency to Shift Warehouse Management to Commercial Software
The agency wants to modernize its distribution and warehouse management systems but says it can’t do that with 20-year-old government-built technology.
Modernization