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CIO Briefing
HHS to Start Testing Your Poop for COVID-19
Testing will cover approximately 10% of Americans within the next six weeks, with an option to expand that to 30% within another nine weeks.
Cybersecurity
IG: CBP Responsible for 2019 Biometrics Breach, Though No Federal Networks Were Compromised
A ransomware attack on a Customs and Border Protection vendor leaked facial images on more than 184,000 travelers—something agency security and policy should have prevented.
CIO Briefing
GSA Urges Agencies to Include Landlords in Telecom Transition Plans
Landlords will be integral to successful modernization efforts as agencies move to the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract.
Emerging Tech
Program Under Defense Innovation Unit Is Launching a New Consortium
The Institute for Nascent Innovations will look to identify and solve unseen issues in emerging crises.
Emerging Tech
Justice Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Marshals’ Smartphones
The service is looking for a software development kit to help it integrate biometrics tools with an app used to facilitate prisoner transfers.
Cybersecurity
Interior IG Team Used Evil Twins and $200 Tech to Hack Department Wi-Fi Networks
A team of hackers was able to gain access to Interior networks using publicly available equipment, open source software and a backpack.
IT Modernization
18F Says 6 Core Concepts Can Reduce Risk in Federal Tech Projects
The new De-risking Government Technology Field Guide looks to educate officials on how to merge modern software design with traditional government bureaucracy.
Cybersecurity
46,000 Veterans' Data Exposed In Financial Services Center Breach
Hackers were able to divert payments headed to private sector health care providers.
CIO Briefing
How and When GSA’s New Central Contracting Portal Will Lose the ‘Beta’
The next major transition to beta.SAM—the FPDS contract award data reporting tools—is coming next month, with the legacy SAM.gov next on deck.
IT Modernization
Library of Congress Touts New Enhancements, More to Come for Congress.gov
The central portal for legislative data—including bills, hearings and historic documents—has been getting a continual makeover since 2016, with a host of new improvements rolling out this year.
CIO Briefing
GAO Issues Definitive List of Most Important Federal IT Acquisitions
The Government Accountability Office scored more than 100 federal IT projects and offered detailed breakdowns of the most “essential mission-critical IT acquisitions.”
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Help Find the Government’s Boldest Innovators
Nominations are open for BOLD Gov 2020, a showcase for federal innovation.
IT Modernization
Pentagon Awards JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft for the Second Time
The decision follows a months-long legal challenge filed by Amazon Web Services.
CIO Briefing
IRS Offering Up to $7M to Develop ‘Data Mashing’ Tools In Support of Frictionless Acquisition
Using its experimental multiphase Pilot IRS contract vehicle, the agency issued a quickturn solicitation to improve data collection for a governmentwide effort to improve procurement.
CIO Briefing
Trump Administration Releases Draft Framework for the Ethical Use of Data
The draft Data Ethics Framework offers seven tenets for agencies to follow, complete with legal authorities, use cases and links to additional resources.
IT Modernization
Coast Guard Begins Deploying Pentagon’s New Electronic Health Records System
The service kicked off a deployment schedule that aims to have all land-based clinics using DOD’s MHS GENESIS by 2024.
IT Modernization
Last Chance For Agencies To Weigh In On TBM Self-Assessment
The comment period is closing on the self-assessment framework that agencies will use to measure their compliance with the mandatory Technology Business Management accounting standard.
Data
DHS Shares People’s Personal Information with 11 Government Programs, Saving Taxpayers Millions
The agency released its annual report on automated data sharing, touting the economic benefits by reducing costs and erroneous and duplicative payments.
Emerging Tech
Navy Program Will Use AI on Drone Images to Predict Fleet Maintenance Needs
Simple Technology Solutions will use Google Cloud to build a machine learning tool trained on drone images.
Data