Digital Government
Lawmakers Want IG to Dig into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Crowd
The trio of informal associates is reported to wield outsized influence over personnel and procurement decisions at the Veterans Affairs Department.
Modernization
Pentagon to Connect Experimental Background Check App To Other Systems By Year’s End
The Defense Department is testing its nascent app on 1,000 security clearance applicants ahead of an October deadline to take over all investigations work.
Digital Government
The Pentagon Doesn’t Know All the Software on Its Networks—And That’s a Problem
The Defense Department faces “unnecessary” risk without a complete software inventory, according to the agency’s inspector general.
Modernization
The challenge of IA implementation
Leaders tend to overlook the fact that implementing intelligent automation means a full commitment to a digital-first operating model, in which technology is supported by people, and not the other way around.
Modernization
VA Overpaid $4.5 Million in Benefits Because It Didn't Read Emails, Watchdog Says
The problem wasn’t IT infrastructure, but rather a lack thereof.
Modernization
Transportation Is Consolidating Its IT Contracts into a Single Vehicle
The Enterprise IT Shared Services contract will be available departmentwide but task orders will have to flow through the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Modernization
Avoid data blindness with strategic IT portfolio management
When IT leaders only have a high-level view into their existing IT landscape and information gathering is ad hoc and time-consuming, the level of risk associated with decision-making is greatly heightened.
Modernization
Updated Trusted Internet Connection Draft Lays Framework For Flexible Policy
The draft policy puts it on the Homeland Security Department to develop use case examples for how agencies can ensure safe connections wherever and however feds are working.
Digital Government
USASpending.gov Needs Better Search and Better Data, Watchdog Says
The transparency site does not provide as much government spending data as it should, GAO said.
Digital Government
Amazon Intervenes in Oracle’s JEDI Lawsuit
A judge ruled that Amazon Web Services has standing in Oracle’s case against the Defense Department regarding its massive cloud contract.
Modernization
Federal CIO Previews 2019 Priorities
OMB will roll out more reskilling programs, tweak FITARA scoring and is looking at standards for automated decision-making, Suzette Kent said.
Modernization
GSA dials up new telecom services director
The General Services Administration hired an experienced IT official from the Department of Education to fill its vacant telecom services director position.
Modernization
White House Expects to Stand Up GEAR Center in 2019
But most other key aspects of the modernization research center are up in the air.
Modernization
GSA Wants More Feedback on E-Commerce Portals
The General Services Administration urged industry partners to comment before the holidays if they have input for the proof-of-concept stage.
Modernization
GAO Dismisses IBM’s JEDI Protest
With the U.S. Court of Federal Claims addressing a similar case, the Government Accountability Office dismissed IBM’s protest.
Modernization
Lawmakers irked by lagging CIO authorities
While applauding the best-ever progress made on the FITARA scorecard, oversight lawmakers are frustrated with slow progress in some aspects of IT modernization.
Modernization
FITARA Scores Are Up But More Work Lies Ahead
Lawmakers warned agencies not to rest on their laurels.
Modernization
Congress Votes For Better Government Websites, Digital Services
The Senate passed the 21st Century IDEA Act, giving agencies one year to improve citizens’ digital experiences.
Modernization
IBM's protest against the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud dismissed by GAO
Amazon Web Services moved to intervene in Oracle's lawsuit over the Defense Department's JEDI cloud buy, as the Government Accountability Office dismissed IBM's pre-award protest over the same procurement.
Modernization