Modernization
Amazon ‘Quite Likely’ to Prove Pentagon Made an Evaluation Error in JEDI Cloud Contract, Judge Says
In an unsealed ruling, a federal judge explains why she issued a hold on work under the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
Modernization
GAO: OMB’s Data Center Policy Puts Agencies’ Networks at Risk of Cyberattacks
The administration pushed back hard against the assertion, going so far as to request GAO remove cybersecurity from its latest report.
Ideas
How to Stop ‘Force Multiplier’ Tactics from Hitting Your Supply Chain
Here are six steps agencies can take to mitigate third-party compromises.
Digital Government
Defense Department Needs to Clean Up Last of Longstanding Business IT Issues, Watchdog Says
The department has made progress on all but eight of 29 recommendations issued over the last 25 years.
Cybersecurity
How Veterans Affairs CISO Approaches Risk, Recruiting Talent and Proving Cyber's Business Value
Paul Cunningham must ensure the security of the largest medical network in the country while making sure veterans can access services as seamlessly as possible.
Cybersecurity
Social Security Turns to Social Media to Help Combat Phone Scammers
Because government-related scam calls and texts are only getting worse.
Digital Government
Word Nerds May Be Faster at Learning to Code than Math Whizzes
Programming involves creating meaning by stringing symbols together in rule-based ways.
Emerging Tech
Pilot IRS to Return with New Focus Areas and Significantly More Funding
In the next three to six months, the IRS plans to issue new solicitations through its experimental contracting vehicle.
Digital Government
Unions Report No Sign of Telework Flexibilities Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Although both OPM and the CDC have strongly encouraged allowing employees to work remotely to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, several agencies have yet to respond to those recommendations.
Cybersecurity
West Virginia Scraps Voatz Mobile Voting App
The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office announced it would use a different electronic absentee voting technology after researchers raised security concerns with the previous voting app it had used.
Modernization
Real Work on TIC 3 Begins After Draft Guidance Is Finalized, Says Lead Official
Agencies are piloting some potential additional use cases in the background, which the TIC program office plans to start digging into this summer.
Modernization
GSA to Partner with GAO in Latest Centers of Excellence Partnership
The General Services Administration intends to help the Government Accountability Office stand up an innovation lab.
Modernization
OMB to Agencies: Time to Finish IPv6 Transition
Before the end of fiscal 2021, agencies will need to have a plan in place to hit 80% IPv6-only systems by 2025.
Modernization
First Instance of VA’s New Electronic Health Record System Now Scheduled For July
VA officials said the initial deployment was delayed after clinicians asked to be trained on a full system instead of a minimum viable product.
Cybersecurity
Senator Highlights Significance of Defense Department's Vulnerability Disclosure Programs
The letter follows a report that a Defense server was exploited to mine cryptocurrency.
Cybersecurity
In RSA Showdown, Analyst Says U.S. Must Choose Between Surveillance and Security
The debate highlights how the Justice Department’s push for access to encrypted data could undermine the U.S. campaign against Huawei.
Modernization
MetTel nabs $253M EIS task order
The Social Security Administration has awarded a telecommunications task order to one three small business vendors on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Confirms Alka Patel to Lead the Implementation of Its New Ethical AI Principles
The agency announced it would hire an ethicist in September.
Emerging Tech
Federal Regulators: Should Energy Companies Be Allowed to Use Cloud for Power Delivery?
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission needs to understand the risks involved before enabling power companies to adopt cloud technologies.
Digital Government