Acquisition
GSA adds data security solutions to Schedule 70
The agency says Adobe’s electronic signature solutions and other tools will help agencies manage a broad list of federal security requirements.
Cybersecurity
53 steps to stronger cybersecurity
The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity issued its long-awaited report, which calls for (among many other things) a new agency to consolidate, administer and secure federal IT infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
Feds help bag international malware platform
Working with other nations, the FBI helped take down a international criminal infrastructure platform that has been spewing malware and ransomware since 2009.
People
Pushing for results-based procurement reform
A former OFPP administrator outlines steps the next administration can take to improve the federal acquisition.
Acquisition
DOD opts not to rush new R&D rules
The Pentagon is looking to give contractors a bit more time before it steps in for closer review of their independent, government-funded projects, a top Pentagon tech official said.
Modernization
EIS: The other transition
With a planned spring award of its multibillion-dollar, next-generation telecom contract, GSA wants to focus attention on another transition going on in government.
Modernization
IT, cyber challenges loom for next administration
Big data, modernization and other issues will link the incoming and outgoing administrations.
Cybersecurity
DHS opens up infrastructure protection program
DHS wants innovators to help address cybersecurity in the financial sector.
Digital Government
FAA should examine near-space vehicles, GAO says
GAO has told the FAA to take a look at how it might regulate near-space vehicles as commercialization of the last frontier continues.
Acquisition
Is GSA doing enough about contractor tax-delinquents?
A House committee wants the General Services Administration to ensure that its primary contractor database contains accurate information on companies that are delinquent on their taxes.
Cybersecurity
DOJ gets new legal tool to go after botnets
A procedural shift makes it easier for federal law enforcement to investigate attacks that use devices scattered across the country.
Cybersecurity
Cyber panel closes in on final recommendations
A panel of business, technology and academia leaders is finalizing ideas for how to approach cybersecurity in the next decade.
Digital Government
NTIA software tool shows spectrum use
A new report reveals how federal agencies manage broadband wireless spectrum via a graphics-based software tool, which can help in the effort to free spectrum for commercial use.
Cybersecurity
Study backs IoT/DDoS concerns
A new study from one of the companies that battled a huge internet device-based attack underscores the need for stronger internet-of-things security.
Digital Government
Justice Department issues 'smart gun' specs
After six months of talks with firearms firms, law enforcement and independent experts, DOJ officials unveil baseline requirements that could be applied to agency purchases.
Modernization
Cloud adoption slowed by culture, even with FedRAMP
Cloud adoption, some agency execs say, continues to be a slow and frustrating slog.
Modernization
End of administration rush, then quiet in federal IT contracting
A leading trade group forecasts a spike in federal IT contracting activity followed by a lull as the Obama administration transitions to the Trump presidency.
Digital Government
Connolly: Choppy waters ahead for civilian agency IT
FedRAMP, 18F and the federal workforce as a whole face uncertain futures in the next administration, according to Rep. Gerry Connolly.
Acquisition
GSA offers feds a hand with contract writing
Federal agencies will be able to sign up with the General Services Administration's contract writing as-a-service in the coming year.
Cybersecurity