Cybersecurity

Here’s How Agencies Should Implement Trump’s Cyber Order

Agency heads can appoint an official to be accountable for cybersecurity rather than being accountable themselves.

Digital Government

There Is a Place for USDS, 18F in Trump Administration

U.S. Digital Service would receive $19 million, while 18F would get $21 million.

Digital Government

Agencies Struggle to Stop Using Social Security Numbers as Identifiers

Ten years after agencies were to limit using SSNs, they've seen "limited success," GAO said.

Digital Government

If the Government Shuts Down, Some of Its Websites, Databases and IT Do Too

OMB’s 2013 guidance requires IT systems related to excepted activity, including national security, stay functional.

Cybersecurity

Trump Team is Floating Cyber Executive Order to Industry

Cyber watchers urge Trump to hold officials accountable for cyber lapses, but to be clear what accountability means.

Digital Government

Former OMB Controller To Join Deloitte

He will take on the role of chief strategy officer for the firm's federal government practice.

Digital Government

What’s Up With the Office of Management and Budget Website?

Currently, the integral agency—a repository for memoranda issued by the executive branch—is without a website.

Digital Government

Government Needs Tech-Savvy Leaders to Succeed, Says Outgoing OMB Chief

In the 21st century, every agency’s mission rests heavily on officials with a “high tech IQ,” Shaun Donovan said in his White House exit memo.

Digital Government

White House Leaves Trump a Tech To-Do List

The Office of Science and Technology's exit memo features many recommendations to keep the country's tech edge.

Digital Government

Will Trump Bring Back Outsourcing and A-76?

Prepare for the debate about which agency functions are “inherently governmental” and whether contracting out saves money.

Digital Government

Government Shared Services Meet Challenges in People, Capital

Shared services continue to face challenges from how agencies are funding to finding the right personnel.

Digital Government

The Progress and Pitfalls of Government's Open Data Efforts

It’s one thing to put the data out there for the public to consume or to potentially spark new industries; it’s another to standardize those data sets.

Digital Government

White House Announces Privacy Office, Official

The White House unveiled a new office focused on protecting people's information.

Digital Government

OMB Will Revamp Payment Accuracy Website

House members demand better data, more progress on curbing improper payments.

Digital Government

Watchdog: The ‘Window’ Into Government Performance Is Pretty Cloudy

GAO says the Performance.gov website doesn’t do a very good job of tracking whether agencies are meeting their goals.

Cybersecurity

Why the A-130 Update is a Huge Deal for Government

A-130 focuses on three key elements: real-time knowledge of the environment, proactive risk management and shared responsibility.

Digital Government

GAO: Expect Delays in DATA Act Financial Reporting

The mechanics of reporting that data are messy, a watchdog report finds, and officials at least in one agency think they might miss the deadline.

Modernization

OMB Policy Revamps Mobile Device Buying

The goal is to slash fragmentation and duplication of 1,200-plus mobile agreements and 200-plus service plans managed by the federal government.

Digital Government

It’s Official: MEGABYTE Act Signed into Law

Agency CIOs will need to develop comprehensive software licensing policies.