Modernization
Vendors Can Still Weigh in GAO’s 5-Year Tech Contract
The oversight office extended the deadline for industry to give advice on its coming modernization contract.
Acquisition
What happens to bid protests during a shutdown?
The arbiter of contested federal contract awards won't be looking at protests until the government starts back up.
Digital Government
Next gen aircraft ID system vulnerable, watchdog finds
The GAO is concerned that the next-generation air traffic technology that precisely tracks commercial and military aircraft is vulnerable to hackers.
Acquisition
Budget, workforce challenge CDM implementation
Vendors say the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program must evolve to deal with emerging threats.
Cybersecurity
Senate hears from IC nominees as spy authority renewal is set to pass
President Trump’s nominees for two key intelligence community oversight roles offered support of section 702 reauthorization during a smooth confirmation hearing.
Modernization
Should US companies hack back? It's complicated, says DHS chief
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen assured senators that the agency would help private companies protect themselves, but she shied away from endorsing active defense tactics.
Modernization
Watchdog calls out EIS risks
GSA's inspector general warned that the transition to the new $50 billion telecom contract is being put at risk because of a lack of interagency agreements.
Modernization
Watchdog: GSA Assuming ‘Unnecessary’ Risk in Telecom Transition
The Federal Acquisition Service has doled out $9 million to agencies supporting the EIS rollout without receiving the required interagency agreements.
Digital Government
Agencies Spent Billions on IT Without CIOs’ Approval in 2016
A lot of IT purchases slipped by acquisition offices too, the Government Accountability Office found.
Acquisition
CIO visibility into agency IT spending is clouded, GAO finds
A new GAO study finds acquisition chiefs and CIOs aren't always connecting on IT spending.
People
FITARA sponsor Issa to retire from Congress
The former chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the lead sponsor of the IT procurement bill FITARA is calling it quits.
People
OMB Deputy director of management nominee clears committee
If confirmed by the full Senate, Margaret Weichert will have a hand in several major technology and workforce issues, including IT modernization, supervising the federal CIO and serving as the point person for federal agency reorganization.
Digital Government
IG Calls Out Homeland Security for ‘Questionable’ Spending Data
Auditors said more than 60 percent of transactions had errors, but Homeland Security officials disagree.
Cybersecurity
DATA Act review finds errors in $2 billion of DHS transactions
An oversight report found $1.9 billion in DHS transactions could not be linked to their corresponding award-level transactions for Q2 of FY2017, but the agency is pushing back on the findings.
People
Senator seeks probe of 'burrowing' CFPB fed
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) wants the Office of Special Counsel to look into the conversion of Leandra English from a political appointee at OPM to a career official at CFPB.
Cybersecurity
Data Breach Affected More Than 240,000 Homeland Security Workers, IG Confirms
The breach also affected non-DHS employees who communicated with the department’s inspector general.
Digital Government
How cross-agency collaboration could improve tech oversight
By working across agency lines, watchdogs could improve tech, cybersecurity and financial oversight governmentwide, but greater resources and authorities may also be needed, according to a new report.
Policy
Pay Changes and Other Things You Missed Over the Holidays
Here’s what you need to know to catch up.
Digital Government
NSA Finally Gets an Independent Inspector General
Robert Storch was confirmed by the Senate after more than a year and nominations from two presidents.
Digital Government
What DOT's Getting Right in Its Enterprise IT Efforts
Developing strong enterprise architecture policy might seem dry but is key to ensuring IT works for agencies’ missions, auditors said.
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