Cybersecurity
NSA Staffer Sentenced to 5.5 Years in Prison for Taking Documents Home
Ellicott City-based Pho was a computer developer handling top secret intelligence.
CIO Briefing
NSA Director: The Agency 'Sells Itself' to Potential Recruits
Nakasone tells industry group of 92 percent retention rate, need for diversity.
Data
Streamlined Grant Reporting May Be Coming Soon
Survey shows data standardization can boost efficiency, though cultural blocks remain.
IT Modernization
IRS Plans to Hire 1,700, Upgrade Outdated Technology
In a new strategic plan, the agency projects a 17 percent increase in phone calls as it implements the new tax law.
CIO Briefing
Citizenship Agency Removed Website Pages on Asylum Policy Training
Transparency group documents changes made early in Trump administration.
Data
Report: How HHS Buried Information About the Affordable Care Act
A transparency group analyzed the removal and demotion of information related to Obamacare on a federal website.
CIO Briefing
Groups Monitoring Agency Website Changes See Deeper Trump Agenda
Removal of some health data from HHS site is simply a matter of reorganizing information by disease, not population group, HHS says.
CIO Briefing
Mulvaney Targets Consumer Bureau's 'Yelp'-Like Complaint Portal
Acting director encourages bankers’ argument against posting unvetted criticism.
CIO Briefing
GAO Will Probe ‘Fake Comments’ to Regulatory Agencies
Democrats on House commerce panel want Justice Department involvement too.
Policy
Trump Team Enters New, Risky Territory on Shutdown Budgeting
Administration may be skirting the limits of its legal authority to carry forward and transfer funding.
CIO Briefing
Legal Specialists Defend GSA's Handover of Transition Emails to Mueller Probe
Letter from Trump counsel claiming that the transition emails were private and privileged largely seen as a political move.
CIO Briefing
The Pentagon’s Spending Data Doesn’t Add Up
The DATA Act was supposed to create financial transparency, but a watchdog found plenty of inaccuracies.
CIO Briefing
Trump’s GSA Nominee Gets One Step Closer to Confirmation
Senate panel unanimously approves Hill staff veteran Emily Murphy.
CIO Briefing
IGs Band Together for a Common Website to Share Results of Investigations
Project eases access to reports governmentwide while promoting watchdogs’ work.
CIO Briefing
Mainstays of GSA's OASIS Contract Office Take New Jobs
Federal Acquisition Service continues reorganization.
CIO Briefing
Government Warms to Continuous Monitoring of Personnel With Clearances
The government’s security clearance process currently “is stuck in the industrial age."
CIO Briefing
Special Counsel Backs Whistleblower, Says GSA ‘Grossly Mismanaged’ Tech Funds
Ex-acquisition service commissioner Tom Sharpe wins settlement.
CIO Briefing
GSA Watchdog Details Clash That Drove Sharpe from Acquisition Service
The unredacted report features new details about a fight over the technology modernization fund.
CIO Briefing
GSA Swears in Acquisition Chief as Predecessor Emerges as Whistleblower
Alan Thomas promises insight as an “outsider.”
CIO Briefing
NSA Still Vulnerable to Insider Threats, Watchdog Found
Four years after Edward Snowden leaked highly classified data, the agency still hadn’t implemented key protections, secret audit shows.
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