Digital Government
Chrousos to depart as head of GSA's Technology Transformation Service
Hot on the heels of a reorganization that elevated 18F to a key service inside GSA, TTS Commissioner Phaedra Chrousos is planning a July exit from the agency.
Modernization
FedRAMP rolls out high security baseline
Cloud service providers now have a new high-level security model to offer federal agencies.
Acquisition
New procurement rule boosts price transparency
GSA hailed a big change to transactional data reporting rules for its Federal Supply Schedules Program as a pivotal moment in procurement.
People
'Policy' and 'operations': Don’t choose one over the other
Steve Kelman argues that government needs more leaders with experience in both areas.
Modernization
The three-month FedRAMP approach
The FedRAMP team is bullish on getting cloud service providers through the approval process in a single quarter, thanks to its new pre-assessment phase.
Cybersecurity
GSA to break out cyber services in Schedule 70
The administration wants to change how agencies buy cybersecurity services as part of a $19 billion plan to tighten federal information security.
Modernization
Computer buying events look to leverage government scale
OMB is planning deals on laptops and desktops via its strategic sourcing program.
Digital Government
Watchdog warns on 18F's finances
Despite having plenty of satisfied customers, the government startup is losing millions of dollars each year.
Modernization
Can federal IT lead the way in secure cloud?
Scale, security and compliance requirements make moving to the cloud challenging for federal CIOs, but the FedRAMP program provides a viable path forward.
Digital Government
Revamped 18F to get a contracting embed
GSA's Federal Acquisition Service plans to place acquisition experts in the new Technology Transformation Service to share knowledge on procurement strategies.
Digital Government
Britain takes digital ID out of beta as U.S. lags
The United Kingdom will go live with its governmentwide digital identity platform, GOV.UK Verify, in the coming days. The U.S. government will need a little more time.
Digital Government
New rule puts onus on contractors to tighten IT security
The government finalized a rule change that spells out new requirements for contractors to protect classified and controlled information.
Digital Government
Watchdog: 18F's Slack security exposed GSA data
GSA's innovation shop 18F enabled unauthorized data access by linking Slack and Google Drives with an open login standard, according to an inspector general alert.
Cybersecurity
New CDM services on the horizon
A task order to provide smaller agencies with Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation as a cloud-based service is coming this summer, while a new phase focused on data is being explored.
People
Tech firm taps Tangherlini for D.C. operations
Cloud document platform provider SeamlessDocs has named the former GSA administrator to lead its Washington operations.
Modernization
A brief history of FedRAMP
Revisiting key milestones for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
People
Donald Trump needs a transition leader
The billionaire might be the presumptive GOP nominee, but those managing presidential transition prep say he doesn't yet have a dedicated transition team leader or office space.
Modernization
A web of FedRAMP collaboration
Agencies are leveraging each other's cloud service authorization efforts -- some more than others. Here's what FedRAMP sharing looks like.
Modernization