Cybersecurity
GSA leader goes west to talk modernization, tech buying
GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth is traveling to the West Coast to talk with companies about cybersecurity technology and how they can get into the federal market.
Cybersecurity
HHS issues ransomware guidance
The Department of Health and Human Services released new guidance on how health privacy law should guide responses to ransomware attacks.
People
Why open source is a draw for job candidates
The chance to work with open-source technologies can help federal agencies attract top IT professionals.
Cybersecurity
DHS pushes for more cyber experts in the field
Local is the key for critical infrastructure protection, and DHS wants more cybersecurity advisers out in communities talking to providers.
Digital Government
NIST database goes ballistic
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has rolled out a new forensics database that gives law enforcement detailed, three-dimensional profiles of a vast sea of bullet ballistic data to help crack cases.
Modernization
VA looks to NITAAC for cloud
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to conduct an upcoming cloud procurement using a National Institutes of Health acquisition vehicle.
People
HHS deputy CIO takes agency's top IT spot
As the new CIO at the Department of Health and Human Services, Beth Killoran will lead agencywide work on cybersecurity and privacy protection.
Acquisition
Congress mulls changes to 'inherently governmental' activities
Lawmakers are considering opening up previously limited federal functions to commercial competition.
Cybersecurity
Congress talks port security and smuggled nukes
Comprehensive cargo scanning remains elusive, but technology could help detect the most dangerous contraband.
Acquisition
DOE backs away from new business system mandates
The Energy Department withdrew plans for a rule that would set up definitions for contractors to adhere to or face financial penalty.
Digital Government
FITARA, strategic sourcing could limit wireless IoT
FITARA and wireless BPAs are great, but they’re also potentially confining wireless device technology, a new study says.
Modernization
GSA warns agencies that telecom transition is coming fast
The director of the $50 billion EIS contract reminded agencies that they have only four months to complete plans to transition their telecom services.
Cybersecurity
USCIS digital transformation needs work, says watchdog
An immigration agency watchdog says USCIS is making progress in digitizing forms, but still has a lot of work to do in its effort to make forms paperless.
Digital Government
DARPA network shields against space junk
DARPA hit a milestone for a data network aimed at avoiding collisions in Earth's orbit.
Cybersecurity
Johnson: Biometric exit moving ahead
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told a Senate committee that a key test of a biometrics-based exit system is advancing and NPPD's reorganization should move forward.
Acquisition
Scott: ITMF paybacks won't be an issue
The federal CIO says agencies will be compelled to pay back their loans as modern IT systems come online. But some on Capitol Hill still have their doubts.
Cybersecurity
Reps press HHS on ransomware
The Department of Health and Human Services is weighing what kind of disclosures should follow a ransomware attack that involves health records. Two lawmakers urge a light touch.
Cybersecurity
DHS wants to shift to agile in a FLASH
DHS is looking for a dozen agile-minded and nontraditional companies to help with its upcoming agile design and development support services contract.
People
Why Beth Angerman sees a shared-services opportunity
Hacks, tight budgets and oversight are driving a governmentwide push to shared services.
Cybersecurity