Cybersecurity
IRS-OPM teamwork and a China cyber warning
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
OPM head touts cyber revamp, mum on who’s to blame for breach
Appearing before a Senate committee was a peaceful affair for OPM Director Katherine Archuleta compared to the tongue-lashing she got in the House last week, but she still faced tough questions – and couldn't answer all of them.
Cybersecurity
Unions play watchdog – and roadblock? – roles in OPM disaster
Federal labor unions are holding OPM accountable and fighting for workers after breaches exposed personal data – but did union bargaining help leave government systems vulnerable in the first place?
People
Faster hiring for feds, Army mobile and commercial drones
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers rip OPM's 'failure'
Members of Congress heaped hard questions on federal IT leaders at a June 16 hearing and suggested strongly that somebody needs to be fired.
Cybersecurity
OPM's 'Cyber Pearl Harbor' might affect 14 million
The OPM breach is looking worse than initially projected, with potentially every fed's information compromised. And the breach was discovered during a vendor's sales demonstration.
Cybersecurity
OPM records the 'Holy Grail' of counter-intelligence
'Very old systems' and a lot of valuable, unencrypted data left millions vulnerable, despite the application of interior and perimeter defenses.
People
Are you one of the 4 million? Here's what to watch for
OPM is partnering with CSID to try to manage the fallout from a massive breach of some 4 million federal personnel records.
People
USAJobs makeover is OPM's summer job this year
OPM plans to address problems with the federal job portal with an agile, continuous delivery approach this summer.
Cybersecurity
Senators question Thrift Savings Plan's security
The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee want to know more about TSP's cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
OPM widens online degree program, TSA tightens up, Sandia signs deal and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
The price of poor program management
Here are 1.8 billion reminders of why PM matters.
People
Tech jobs, FAA video and OPM recruitment roadmap
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Is 85 percent of SES really above average?
GAO report questions agencies' approach to executive performance reviews.
Acquisition
DHS on Instagram, an app for the border and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Another depressing story about federal hiring
Steve Kelman finds a bright side, however, in the ability of individual managers to buck the trends.
Modernization
Power outage, disaster data, FedRAMP approval and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
OPM plans new case management system to speed retirement processing
"There is overwhelming enthusiasm to become more modern within the entire organization," OPM Associate Director Kenneth Zawodny told lawmakers.
People
Obama: No perks but thanks and new initiatives for SES
"Too often we get stovepiped at a time when we need...to be working together," the president told senior feds.
People