Acquisition
SEC plans a makeover for EDGAR
The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to award a contract to overhaul its online public company filing system by the end of September.
Digital Government
SEC plans makeover for EDGAR
A 90s-era filing database for public companies is due for a major upgrade.
Acquisition
HealthCare.gov IT contract opens for bidders
A few bells and whistles are planned for the next iteration of HealthCare.gov.
Modernization
DeSalvo: Time for the heavy lifting on health record interoperability
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is pushing for a road map "specific enough that people will know what they're supposed to do when."
Digital Government
Why the Apple-IBM deal could be a game-changer for gov
Analysts say the newly announced collaboration could be a very big deal for federal mobility.
Modernization
Gibson: VA pursuing schedule fix on multiple tracks
The VA hopes to have a quick patch for scheduling software in place as it pursues a new system.
People
GovTV: Selling federal managers on a new HR dashboard
OPM Director Katherine Archuleta touts the workforce insights available (to some) on UnlockTalent.gov.
Acquisition
HealthCare.gov IT contract opens for bidders
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are seeking contractors to take charge of the IT for the federal health insurance exchanges.
Digital Government
Is there a future for the General Schedule?
Reforming the civil service would be a heavy lift, but members of Congress have little patience for the status quo.
Modernization
FBI seeks on-premise cloud for crime data division
Data centers at the Criminal Justice Information Services headquarters in Clarksburg, W.Va., could be in line for an upgrade.
Modernization
FBI seeks on-premise cloud for crime data division
The FBI is looking to expand its virtual brain.
People
Does interoperability have to be hard?
Everyone agrees that electronic health record systems work only when different platforms can communicate, but standards are still a work in progress.
Cybersecurity
Panel recommends NIST declare independence from NSA
"NIST may seek the advice of the NSA on cryptographic matters but it must be in a position to assess it and reject it when warranted,” says a report from the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology.
People
How IT and accounting can play nice
Financial shared services and Data Act compliance will drive more CIO/CFO collaboration. Here's how it should work.
People
DOD acquisition reform focused on people, not processes
Undersecretary Frank Kendall sees cultural change taking root among the Pentagon's 150,000-strong acquisition workforce.
Modernization
U.S Marshals plot data strategy
Marshals aren't in the big data business, but their needs are expected to increase over the current capacity of 15 terabytes.
Digital Government
U.S Marshals plot data strategy
The nation's oldest law enforcement agency is looking for some new technology.
Acquisition
Bureau of Prisons mulls eDiscovery computers for inmates
While there isn't yet an active solicitation, the Bureau of Prisons is seeking cost information on a combined hardware-software eDiscovery system.
Modernization
DEA probes geospatial cloud
The Drug Enforcement Administration hopes to establish a hybrid cloud environment that would allow federal, state and local governments to use the DEA's mapping tool.
Modernization