Cybersecurity
FDIC’s Top 3 Challenges Are All Tech Related
Among the financial regulator’s biggest challenges, IT modernization and cybersecurity topped the list.
Modernization
Lawmakers probe TSA's pipeline cyber role
A top grid regulator wants to work with the Transportation Security Administration and industry on pipeline cybersecurity, while some in Congress want the Energy Department to take the reins.
Policy
GAO Urges Congress to Start Moving on a Privacy Law
Researchers recommended lawmakers give regulators more power to write rules and punish the companies that break them.
Cybersecurity
Cyber chief pushes audits as key to election security
Some states and localities are still struggling to practice basic cyber hygiene when it comes to securing election infrastructure, according to a top federal cybersecurity official.
Digital Government
FBI Should Tighten Monitoring of Employee Texting, Watchdog Says
Software recommendations come as follow-up to 2016 review of alleged political bias.
Digital Government
End-to-end census test took place without 2020 tech
A number of the Census Bureau's plans to save money on the 2020 population count need work, according to an agency watchdog.
Digital Government
Diplomats Aren’t Following the State Department’s Social Media Rules, Watchdog Says
At least 20 ambassadors have used their personal Twitter accounts for diplomatic activities.
Digital Government
Pentagon Behind in Taking Action on Watchdog’s Recommendations
GAO tells lawmakers Defense’s 67 percent rate of acting on auditors’ advice trails the rest of government.
People
House to probe legality of making feds work during shutdowns
A House panel is probing the legal gray area of excepted operations during a lapse in appropriations.
Modernization
VA’s Health Record Overhaul Could Get Even More Expensive, Officials Say
The agency’s acting deputy secretary called the project’s $16 billion price-tag “an educated guess.”
Digital Government
GPO Has No Disaster Recovery Plan for Its Tech, Watchdog Says
If its IT infrastructure is taken offline, the agency could lose access to critical data.
Digital Government
Enzi wants answers on Census IT costs
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), head of the Senate Budget Committee, is worried about growing Census IT costs and staffing challenges.
Cybersecurity
Red team hackers crack MHS Genesis
The $5.5 billion commercial health record system is "not survivable in a cyber-contested environment," according to an internal Pentagon report.
Acquisition
Final census test to include citizenship question
The Census Bureau is including a controversial question about respondent citizenship on its final test, while courts decide its ultimate fate.
Cybersecurity
Cyber red teams find DOD systems tougher to crack
A Pentagon watchdog noted improvements in cyber capabilities but worried that adversaries are improving their attacks faster than defenders are shoring up their systems.
Policy
Freshman Lawmaker Will Oversee VA’s Multibillion-dollar EHR Overhaul
Rep. Susie Lee will lead the House Veterans Affairs Technology Modernization subcommittee.
Modernization
Citing cyber risk, Pentagon watchdog wants to pause JRSS
A new report from the Defense Department's operational test and evaluation director says the Joint Regional Security Stacks program is undermanned and should be halted until security issues are resolved.
Modernization
Poor Leadership Set Back VA Data Center Consolidation Efforts, Watchdog Says
The agency failed to report an estimated 860 data centers, which violates FITARA requirements, auditors said.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker: Congress Needs Fewer Committees with Cyber Oversight
Cybersecurity legislation won’t get anywhere if too many groups are weighing in, said Rep. Jim Langevin.
Acquisition