CIO Briefing

Senate Narrowly Passes Repeal of Obama Fair Pay, Safe Workplace Rule

Repeal of what critics call contractor "blacklisting" heads to a receptive President Trump.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

Will Trump Bring Back Outsourcing and A-76?

Prepare for the debate about which agency functions are “inherently governmental” and whether contracting out saves money.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

‘Catastrophic’ Power Outage Nearly Destroyed MSPB’s Electronic Records System

A newly released report shows how devastating a June 2015 incident was to the Merit System Protection Board.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

FBI to Conduct Internal Probe of Election-Season Tweets

FOIA office’s sudden activity on Clinton and Trump pasts draws suspicion.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

White House Lays Out Digital Tools for Presidential Transition

Obama commits to social media sharing finale before January departure.

  • By Charles S. Clark
Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general
Data

Timing Glitch in DATA Act Makes It Impossible for IGs to Meet Reporting Deadline

Agencies won't have spending reports ready until 2017, so watchdogs get extension on reviewing those reports.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

IRS Dropped $12M on an Email System It Couldn’t Use

Inspector general faults procurement process for multiyear cloud subscriptions.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

Some Agencies Are Making Headway on Luring Millennials

Senate panel bemoans lengthy time-to-hire and still burdensome USAJOBS site.

  • By Charles S. Clark
House Oversight Committee member Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. House Oversight Committee member Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
CIO Briefing

OMB Will Revamp Payment Accuracy Website

House members demand better data, more progress on curbing improper payments.

  • By Charles S. Clark
Justin Cooper, aide to former President Bill Clinton and the administrator for the private server located in the Chappaqua, New York, testifies on Capitol Hill, Justin Cooper, aide to former President Bill Clinton and the administrator for the private server located in the Chappaqua, New York, testifies on Capitol Hill,
IT Modernization

Former Clinton IT Aide Describes Destruction of Old Devices as Routine

Three witnesses plead the fifth at hearing on State Department email vulnerabilities.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

Army Assessments of Contractors’ Past Performance Fall Short

Pentagon watchdog says evaluators didn’t understand criteria.

  • By Charles S. Clark
Cybersecurity

IRS Says Cybercriminals Nabbed Info on 100K Taxpayers

Agency sends warning to 200,000 taxpayers, half of whom will be credit monitored.

  • By Charles S. Clark
“The passage of this bill is important precisely because the bureaucrats in Washington don’t want it and have fought it every step of the way,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said. “The passage of this bill is important precisely because the bureaucrats in Washington don’t want it and have fought it every step of the way,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said.
CIO Briefing

Not Everyone Loves the DATA Act

Some agency employees fear an added workload for the transparency cause.

  • By Charles S. Clark
IT Modernization

E-Filing Enables IRS to Issue Refunds Faster Despite Shutdown, Smaller Staff

A rise in computer tax filing helped the agency process more returns faster

  • By Charles S. Clark
Health IT

Inside the Tech Team Fixing the Obamacare Website

Time article provides rich insight into the intersection of Silicon Valley and Washington culture.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

Treasury, Recovery Board Officials Embrace Efforts to Standardize Federal Data

Leaders of governmentwide transparency aren’t waiting for DATA Act.

  • By Charles S. Clark
The Ash Center is named for Roy Ash, the first director of the Office of Management and Budget created under the Nixon administration The Ash Center is named for Roy Ash, the first director of the Office of Management and Budget created under the Nixon administration
CIO Briefing

GSA’s Crowdsourcing Website Named Finalist for Innovation Award

Multi-agency distressed neighborhood initiative also highlighted among 600 applicants.

  • By Charles S. Clark
Davin Hutchins is Web director for the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, based in Virginia, a grantee of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Davin Hutchins is Web director for the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, based in Virginia, a grantee of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Emerging Tech

Managing the Message in the Middle East

Davin Hutchins helps a VOA offshoot tap the Arab world’s digital progress.

  • By Charles S. Clark
White House Chief Technology Officer Todd Park said “the site is getting better week by week in performance and functionality. One metric is the system response time." White House Chief Technology Officer Todd Park said “the site is getting better week by week in performance and functionality. One metric is the system response time."
CIO Briefing

Federal CIO, CTO Defend Progress Fixing Obamacare Website

The balky site can now handle 17,000 insurance shoppers per hour, administration officials said.

  • By Charles S. Clark
CIO Briefing

Spy Chief Volunteers Numbers on Court-Ordered Surveillance Targets

Numbers will be updated annually on Tumblr.

  • By Charles S. Clark
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