Modernization
IRS pilot program looks to jump-start IT innovation
The IRS is laying the groundwork for a series of pilot projects over the next year to flesh out its IT modernization priorities.
Cybersecurity
DOJ continues push for encrypted comms
New proposals by Western governments to increase law enforcement access to encrypted data continue to generate the same objections from cybersecurity and cryptography experts.
Digital Government
House opposition starts to take shape
House Republicans announced a slew of changes to key committee posts.
Cybersecurity
Treasury places digital currency addresses on sanctions list
The Treasury Department has publicly flagged two cryptocurrency addresses associated with two Iranian individuals indicted for their role in a worldwide, multimillion dollar ransomware campaign.
Cybersecurity
Former FBI cyber official cautions against weakening encryption laws
A former top cyber official at the FBI says weaker laws around encryption won't help law enforcement and could result in unacceptable collateral damage to industry and data security.
Cybersecurity
IRS missed 11,000 compromised SSNs
An IRS office charged with monitoring and mitigating the impact of external data breaches is faltering when it comes to keeping track of the problem, according to an IG audit.
Cybersecurity
NSA IG says expanded subpoena authorities could help oversight
While discussing the controversial overcollection of phone records, NSA IG Robert Storch said new authorities to compel testimony from companies that participate in such programs could help hold the agency accountable.
Cybersecurity
With elections over, CISA focus shifts to risk management center
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen signaled that her newly minted cybersecurity agency will shift its focus to a number of longer term initiatives around risk and supply chain.
Cybersecurity
How info sharing can get unstuck
The federal government has become more vocal about the need for cybersecurity public-private partnerships, particularly around information sharing.
Cybersecurity
U.S., Russia jockey to shape new global cyber norms
The United Nations approved dueling proposals by the U.S. and Russia to establish working groups on international norms, principles and behaviors in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Audit flags multiple concerns for Treasury's IT systems
The inspector general report documents a range of sloppy or incomplete IT practices for agency systems that support national security functions.
Digital Government
On Election Day, DHS isn't seeing coordinated efforts to hack the vote
The Department of Homeland Security is monitoring voting nationwide from an operations center that includes representatives from states, political parties and federal law enforcement.
Cybersecurity
FCW's 2018 Election Security FAQ
Are the midterm elections at risk of being hacked? Has security improved since 2016? And what, exactly, have DHS and the states been doing? Separate the signal from the noise with this one-stop overview of election-security concerns.
Cybersecurity
DHS risk center wants to revolutionize cyber response, but first it must get organized
The Department of Homeland Security's new National Risk Management Center wants to change the way government and industry approach cybersecurity by establishing partnerships across critical infrastructure areas and government.
Cybersecurity
Supply chain task force looks to keep 'lemons' out of the federal IT ecosystem
At a Nov. 1 Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board meeting, a Homeland Security official detailed the composition and mission of the new group.
Acquisition
DHS rolls out supply chain task force
The Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a new task force focused on supply chain threats to information and communications technology.
Cybersecurity
OMB to agencies: CDM success is on you
The president's budget director wants agencies to do a better job making the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program work.
Cybersecurity
DOD extends and expands bug bounty program
The Department of Defense and the Digital Defense Services have awarded another set of contracts under its $34 million bug bounty program to cover sensitive hardware and physical assets.
Cybersecurity
NSA official: new U.S. cyberwar policy isn't the 'Wild West'
Rob Joyce, former White House cyber coordinator, said the Trump administration's new cyber warfare policy is more "thoughtful" than some might think.
Digital Government