Modernization
IRS dips into enforcement funds, user fees for IT
"Each year, the IRS must take extraordinary measures to fund IT," IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig explained in an August letter to three senators.
Cybersecurity
Biden Administration Releases Draft Zero-Trust Guidance
The documents form a roadmap for agencies to deploy the cybersecurity architectures by the end of fiscal 2024.
Modernization
GSA Taps Tech Modernization Fund Chief
The fund figures to play an important role in helping agencies modernize IT.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Wants to Spot Potential Outbreaks in Personnel Sooner with Wearables
Top officials are also looking into data integration and digital traceability tools to help keep staff healthy.
Modernization
GSA names Raylene Yung as next TMF executive director
In her new role, Yung will help federal agencies with critical IT and cybersecurity investments through the Technology Modernization Fund.
Modernization
Leveraging OSCAL for FedRAMP authorizations
An automated FedRAMP review process will speed up authorizations, drive continuous improvement and put cloud service providers in the driver's seat.
Digital Government
Amazon to Hire for More Than 40,000 Corporate and Tech Jobs Across US
Many positions will be in Seattle and northern Virginia, but the company is looking to recruit in other regions as well.
Cybersecurity
The Government's Software Transparency Journey Moves from Plan to Practice
Allan Friedman, the leader of a transparency initiative at the Commerce Department, is now at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to realize the ultimate vision for a software bill of materials.
Modernization
House Reconciliation Package Includes $3 Billion for Federal IT
The Technology Modernization Fund would get another $1 billion.
Ideas
5 Steps to Protecting Federal Data Repositories in the Cloud
From ransomware to exfiltration, cybersecurity attacks are targeting sensitive government data. Here’s a reliable approach to protecting mission-critical information.
Digital Government
OMB Names New U.S. Digital Service Chief
Mina Hsiang is the third administrator of USDS since it launched in 2014.
Modernization
Survey: Most Organizations Embrace Hybrid Cloud
In a survey of U.S. and U.K. IT decision makers, three out of four reported onboarding a new cloud provider during 2020.
Ideas
How to Make Unemployment Insurance Work for Gig Workers
The share of workers who have traditional full-time jobs is shrinking but the ways to verify identity and income have not kept up.
Modernization
NSA Cloud Capabilities See Boost Under New Billion-Dollar Contract with HPE
It’s leaning into an as-a-service experience.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Software Chief Provides Update on DOD’s Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative
He shared hard numbers to demonstrate how the massive implementation is saving the department time and money.
Emerging Tech
Inside Pacific Northwest National Lab’s 5G Innovation Studio
Federal officials are exploring what the next generation of wireless capabilities has to offer.
Digital Government
Biden Administration Announces Tech Talent Fellowship Effort
The program is geared toward attracting young technologists to government work.
Ideas
Why Open-Source Tech Holds the Key to Modernization
As “avoid vendor lock-in” eclipses “do more with less,” open source offers freedom to tailor mission-specific solutions and cherry-pick right-sized applications.
Cybersecurity
White House Tasks NIST with Producing Another Cybersecurity Framework
The administration touted private-sector commitments to improve cybersecurity through training and design.
Digital Government