Digital Government
Watchdog: GSA Needs to Monitor Access Card Data
The agency’s inspector general found more than 32,000 failed access attempts over a two year period, which could pose a security risk.
Emerging Tech
OIG Finds Oversight Issues With GSA's Performance-based Contracts
GSA contracting personnel produced performance reports that were "often incomplete or not available at all," according to a new inspector general's audit.
Digital Government
GSA Aims to Help Agencies Envision the Future of Work
The agency pointed to efforts like its workplace innovation lab to help the federal government reimagine work and the work environment.
Digital Government
House Oversight Committee Probes GSA Administrator’s Telework
The GOP-led committee is seeking details about Robin Carnahan's telework arrangements.
Digital Government
2022 Year in Review: The Interviews
Five of our favorite recorded interviews from the year.
Digital Government
2022 Year in Review: Critical Update
Nextgov’s favorite episodes from the final year of the Critical Update podcast.
Cybersecurity
CISA Seeks Information for Potential Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
The request will help the agency develop the platform to address current challenges related to cyber threat intelligence.
Emerging Tech
GSA Tests Energy Tech to Achieve Federal Sustainability Goals
The agency is looking at solar tracking, off-grid mobile charging and carbon pollution-free electricity to meet goals set in a December 2021 executive order.
Modernization
TMF Invests $1.78M to Modernize AbilityOne’s ‘Obsolete’ Software
The funding will help to improve the software security of the commission—the largest employer of persons who are blind or have significant disabilities—while bringing the software into a cloud environment.
Emerging Tech
How Government Might Work Up to 3D-Printed Buildings
Panelists at the Imagine Nation ELC Conference noted that for some emerging technologies—like large-scale 3D printing and augmented reality—agencies may have to “start with smaller.”
Modernization
Cloud Training for All is Critical to Migration Efforts, Experts Say
Panelists at an ATARC conference highlighted the importance of workers, not just technologists understanding the cloud to enhance its efforts.
Digital Government
GSA’s Tech Shops Face $30M Deficit After Priority Change Last Year
The Technology Transformation Services dropped its long-standing cost-recovery goal last year in favor of better program delivery.
Modernization
Tech Wanted: Government Calls on Industry to Help with Net-Zero Carbon Buildings
Two agencies released a request for information Tuesday.
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Modernization
The Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Turned 10, What’s Next?
Presidential Innovations Fellow Director Rebeca Lamadrid discussed the “stay flexible” mentality of the program and where it is heading for its next 10 years.
Emerging Tech
TMF Announces $36.4M in Awards
The Army, the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Housing Authority are the latest recipients of awards from the Technology Modernization Fund.
Modernization
State Department Awards Verizon $1.58B IT Modernization Contract
The contract tasks Verizon with modernizing communications infrastructure and providing IT services to the agency’s embassies and other important locations.
Policy
Watchdog Again Pushes GSA to End Contracting Pilot Program
The agency’s inspector general found the Transaction Data Reporting program does not guarantee agencies are getting the lowest contract price alternative.
Modernization
IT Spend Reporting Requirements Still Stuck at Halfway Point, Watchdog Finds
The Government Accountability Office report found that agencies failed to disclose approximately $31 billion in fiscal year 2021 investments under the two layers of the Technology Business Management framework that were required.
Emerging Tech
GSA to Study Demographic Equity in Remote Identity Tech
The agency plans to test the accuracy of tools like facial recognition software across different demographic groups.
Emerging Tech
GSA Examines How to Bring 'Federal Buying Power' to Supercharge Solar Panel Market
The agency’s request for information will help it develop a procurement strategy, including a standard for future solicitations.
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