Cybersecurity
OPM looks to wrap breach notification by early December
With some 14 million letters already out and millions more expected to hit mailboxes by the end of the month, the Office of Personnel Management expects to wrap up notifications to breach victims in the coming weeks.
People
Wiltsie steps down at Army PEO EIS
After more than four years running the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, Doug Wiltsie is shifting into a new role for the Army.
Digital Government
DARPA seeks to map 'systems of systems'
Systems of systems, such as those found in 'smart cities,' hold great promise for integrating several types of functions, but DARPA officials see much room for improvement.
Digital Government
Pentagon and VA set to certify on health record interoperability
The 2014 defense bill required the VA and the Pentagon to get their acts together on sharing health data. The agencies' two giant health systems are about to certify that they have complied.
Acquisition
Sun could be setting on DUNS
Open-government advocates have long criticized the reliance on the proprietary DUNS identifier in federal contracting, and it appears that some agencies are listening.
Cybersecurity
DISA chief: We're in 'an economic cyber cold war'
The U.S. government is fighting at least a two-front cyber war involving the daily fending off of millions of attacks on defense networks and the slow-burn of economic espionage, according to a top Pentagon official.
Modernization
Army moves JRSS along, with other services in tow
The Army is moving forward with what Pentagon brass consider to be a crucial piece of the future defense IT backbone: the Joint Regional Security Stacks.
Modernization
DISA to issue multiple Level 5 cloud authorizations
In the next 18 months, the Defense Information Systems Agency will issue four to five provisional authorizations for commercial cloud providers to handle sensitive Level 5 government data, according to a DISA official.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon purges HTML from .mil emails
The Pentagon is tightening the screws on its campaign to improve email security. Get ready for a return to plain text.
Acquisition
What can civilian agencies learn from DOD's Better Buying Power?
The Pentagon's acquisition reform initiative is in its third iteration. A new report examines how it's working and gleans possible lessons for the rest of government.
Cybersecurity
What a big Navy breach taught the Army
The Army had been paying close attention to the Navy's operation to drive Iranian hackers from the unclassified portion of the service's intranet.
Modernization
How DISA is helping to connect FirstNet
The Pentagon's tech support agency has been helping a startup government effort build a nationwide broadband communications network for first responders.
Digital Government
Can the Pentagon connect with the Internet of Things?
Experts say DOD cannot capitalize on the Internet of Things until a common language for the countless and far-flung devices on defense networks emerges.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon releases cyber acquisition guidance
DOD's acquisition office released guidance late last month for program managers to better address cybersecurity risk during the acquisition process.
Digital Government
VA chief touts interoperability
The key to improving veterans' health care is electronic health records that are interoperable among VA, DOD and the private sector, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said.
Digital Government
DOD official: Don't recklessly give away spectrum
Feds must be prepared for even more urgent commercial demands for precious wireless spectrum, according to a top Pentagon IT official.
Digital Government
IT basically unscathed in revised NDAA
The $5 billion in cuts to a defense policy bill under a budget deal between the White House and Congress would affect only a smattering of IT programs.
People
Hiring astronauts on USAJobs, undersea cable worries and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Reservists form 'connective tissue' between DIUX and Silicon Valley
Military reservists might be the key to closer collaboration between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon, according to Raj Shah, an Air Force reservist and senior director of strategy at Palo Alto Networks.
Acquisition
Chaffetz wants to rein in stingrays, GSA hits OASIS milestone and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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