Modernization
In search of virtualization
Responding to calls from Congress and the Pentagon, several Defense Department components are seeking better virtualization technologies.
Cybersecurity
DOD sets up cyber workforce council
The group will include members from the offices of the DOD CIO, Defense undersecretaries for personnel and readiness, policy, and intelligence, and the National Security Agency.
Digital Government
No protests in DOD electronic health record award
The team of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture won the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, potentially worth $9 billion, on July 29.
Cybersecurity
Air Force plans insider threats program
The USAF wants to procure a program that integrates data from around the service and external data like criminal and credit reports to identify anomalous behavior.
Cybersecurity
Decrypting outbound data a key to security
Decrypting and inspecting network traffic is still a work in progress for federal agencies, according to F5 Networks' Randy Wood.
Cybersecurity
DARPA looks to strengthen software
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop software "that is inherently resilient to attack."
Cybersecurity
Purchase-card innovation, HHS re-orgs, email hacks and drone management
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Work, Kendall talk tech superiority with DIUX leadership
The deputy Defense secretary and top acquisition official met Aug. 4 with the heads of DOD's new Silicon Valley outreach office.
Acquisition
OPM breach notifications, round two
New contracting papers show the feds are trying to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first round of OPM breach notifications.
Cybersecurity
FITARA good and bad, US-CERT warns of spear phishing and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
In first policy speech, DIA director prioritizes ICITE
Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart pledges to drive an ambitious intelligence community IT project forward.
Modernization
3-D printing could offer flexibility for system upgrades
The emerging technology could give the Pentagon more flexibility in upgrading deployed systems in an ever-evolving threat environment.
Modernization
Army issues guidance for commercial cloud migration
The guidance stipulates that commands bear ultimate responsibility for ensuring that systems and applications within their portfolios are rationalized.
Digital Government
DOD awards massive health records contract
Leidos, Accenture and Cerner pull off an unexpected win of the multi-billion-dollar Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, beating out the presumptive health-records leader.
Modernization
E-invoice mandate, Flash malware spike and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
NIST app competition, Clapper's hack warning, DIA protests and a new intel CIO
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
3PAO revisions and fragmented satellites
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Where's the new cyber strategy?
A week after the end of the federal "sprint," OMB is working past its own deadline on the Federal Civilian Cybersecurity Strategy.
Cybersecurity
Jeh Johnson's email, cyber export controls and faux phishing
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition