Acquisition
IT spend expected to trend up, acting DOD CIO says
Rising IT and cyber budgets may lay ahead as the Defense Department moves forward with implementing zero trust architecture and begins relying more on artificial intelligence.
Cybersecurity
DHS adds cyber requirements for transportation industry
The Transportation Security Agency and the Coast Guard are getting increased authority over industry cybersecurity.
Acquisition
TMF awards still come with payback plans
Federal CIO Clare Martorana said that while payback flexibility is now part of the Technology Management Fund playbook, agencies are projecting savings in their modernization plans.
Acquisition
Peraton wins $2.7B DHS cloud and data center award
After a few speed bumps and a bridge contract, the Department of Homeland Security awarded its Data Center and Cloud Optimization contract.
Modernization
DISA reorganizes cloud office
The Defense Information Systems Agency has reorganized its cloud offices, combining the Cloud Computing Program Office with DISA's hosting services directorate and ecosystem.
Modernization
HUD makes nearly $100M in EIS task orders
The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued three substantial task orders on the governmentwide Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Acquisition
White House orders federal contractors vaccinated by Dec. 8
New COVID-19 guidance directs federal contractors and subcontractors to make sure their employees are vaccinated — the latest in a series of new vaccine requirements the White House has been rolling out in recent weeks.
Modernization
Post-pandemic IT leadership
The rush to maximum telework did more than showcase the importance of IT -- it also forced them to rethink their own operations.
Acquisition
How the Pentagon copes with funding hiccups
The Government Accountability Office examines some of the Defense Department's tactics to lessen the effects of inconsistent funding during continuing resolutions.
Acquisition
DOD wants industry to continue with CMMC prep amid program review
Dr. Christine Michienzi, the chief technology officer for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, said while results were coming soon, defense contractors should "continue on" with updates to cybersecurity practices as DOD finalizes its review of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
Acquisition
DOD's silence on CMMC is worrying industry, trade groups claim
Months of silence from the Defense Department on the status of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is palpable and stirring unease among defense contractors, trade associations say in a letter to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.
Acquisition
Feds get more guidance on COVID vaccination, testing
The Biden administration is eyeing booster shots for some Americans, but for its vaccination and testing program for federal employees, those who are two weeks out from a completed vaccination are considered covered without a booster shot, for now.
Acquisition
Why VA must keep Vista healthy
The moratorium on further Vista investment put in place three years ago creates major strategic issues for the Department of Veterans Affairs as the agency looks to put Cerner's commercial electronic health record system in place.
Acquisition
TMF, cyber EO drive modernization at Labor, CIO says
The unprecedented investment in IT and cybersecurity resources have provided agencies like the Department of Labor with a historic opportunity to tackle some of their loftiest modernization plans.
Acquisition
Can DOD make buying software easier?
FCW talked with Tory Cuff, senior advisor for agile acquisitions, to get a better understanding of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework's special software pathway and DOD's pilot experiment with "colorless" money.
Acquisition
CMMC board chief talks assessors, IT staff
Matt Travis, the CEO for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, said proper training and IT access to the Defense Department's Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) application, which will house CMMC data, still needs to be finalized for the third-party organizations that will be charged with conducting cyber assessments.
Modernization
Pilot IRS awards five scanning contracts
The IRS is using an innovative procurement program to test and deploy experimental solutions to digitize paper files as part of an agencywide effort to reduce the reliance on non-machine-readable documentation.
Acquisition
IRS looks to experiment with augmented reality
Taxpayers might soon be able to file their financial documents with the help of AR capabilities thanks to an experimental procurement technique the IRS is using to test and deploy innovative technologies and solutions.
Acquisition
Watchdog says contractor oversight was lacking in Afghanistan
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's newest report calls out the government's failure to oversee contractors as a source of waste, fraud and abuse.
Acquisition
DHS eyes CMMC model
DHS' Office of the Chief Procurement Officer issued a special notice Aug. 10, noting that it is looking for a way to check contractors' compliance with its cyber hygiene clauses released in 2015.
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