Acquisition
10 reports worth a second look
Among the most interesting Critical Read pieces FCW published in 2013 were ones covering the security clearance process, performance management and FISMA.
Cybersecurity
DHS gets first 'clean' audit
An independent auditor also found that the department's IT controls were among the significant deficiencies.
Acquisition
Reverse auctions grow up
Steve Kelman contends that the recent GAO report shows the practice has truly arrived
Acquisition
Experts debate value of reverse auctions
Addressing fees and the need for oversight and guidelines would help avoid what one lawmaker called the trap of 'making it up as we go along.'
People
A PortfolioStat progress report
The Office of Management and Budget launched PortfolioStat last year to help 26 major agencies identify and reduce duplicative IT investments. Here's how they’re doing.
Acquisition
GAO: Take account of reverse-auction growth
GAO recommends issuing governmentwide guidance aimed at helping agencies maximize competition and savings when using reverse auctions.
Digital Government
GAO: NASA needs to reflect IT investments in EA
NASA officials said their failure to comply with the PortfolioStat directive does not translate to a lack of oversight.
Acquisition
Can IT procurement be saved?
The problems with large federal IT projects are deep, broad and mostly immune to quick fixes. So what's to be done?
People
9 keys to avoiding another HealthCare.gov
Testimony from GAO's Powner on best practices for IT spending.
People
GAO: More savings to be had in PortfolioStat
Audits suggest the government is not making the most of existing IT savings initiatives or its largest legacy investments.
Modernization
Automated collision prevention: On the way or out of reach?
Technology that would enable vehicles to avoid impending crashes has moved into the real-world test stage, but creation of the massive wireless communications network required to make such a system work remains a major roadblock.
Modernization
Shutdown stalled FedRAMP authorizations, GAO IT reports
Cloud providers, Government Accountability Office expect backlogs to be cleared by Thanksgiving.
People
CMS struggles to remove sensitive information from cards
Fifty million Medicare cards reveal their holders' Social Security numbers, exposing them to identity theft.
Modernization
AWS can resume CIA cloud project
Although IBM plans to appeal a judge's ruling, Amazon Web Services is ready to go back to work.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Mixed results thus far implementing FISMA
Agencies have improved compliance with FISMA requirements, but checking all the boxes has not translated into taking full advantage of the enhancements that are available.
Cybersecurity
Does DHS need an acquisition oversight board?
Nearly half of the department's top management positions are vacant, raising concerns about its ability to improve acquisition processes.
Digital Government
GAO critiques NOAA satellite programs
Congressional hearing, new reports explore program-management challenges and the problems that launch delays could produce.
People
Agencies can learn from stimulus' data transparency
GAO recommends other agencies adopt the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board practices of using single government-wide identifiers, and of standardizing data reporting requirements.
People
GAO counts $320M spent on 12 duplicative programs
Legislator sees bright side in that only 12 of 590 programs were found to be redundant, while another points to report as evidence of a need for greater oversight.
Acquisition
New report reveals Army's troubled IT acquisition program
A program designed to fast-track network capabilities for troops is too often letting inferior technologies advance, GAO finds.
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