Cybersecurity
FDIC still weak on IT security, GAO says
FDIC has significant room for improvement in software patching and reauthorizing user access to its systems, according to GAO.
People
Why Beth Angerman sees a shared-services opportunity
Hacks, tight budgets and oversight are driving a governmentwide push to shared services.
Modernization
Hurd still not sold on IT modernization fund
The Texas techie told C-SPAN he thinks modernizing legacy systems is a critical issue, but he isn’t supporting the Obama administration’s $3.1 billion IT modernization fund.
Digital Government
House passes bill to expand IG powers
The Inspector General Empowerment Act would ensure that federal IGs can gain access to all the agency information they request in the course of an investigation.
Cybersecurity
FBI lax on facial recognition privacy, watchdog says
As law enforcement looks to tap advances in facial recognition, a government watchdog warns of the risks to privacy.
Digital Government
Lawmakers see promise in 18F and USDS, despite a few warning signs
The digital services teams could do more to align with FITARA, but overseers displayed as much optimism as scrutiny following a GAO report on the teams' work.
Digital Government
Census says tech overhaul is on schedule
Watchdogs are worried the Census Bureau won't be able to successfully juggle 2020 plans and an ambitious tech overhaul.
Digital Government
Survey: 'Oversight doesn't love innovation'
A recent survey by Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council reveals reservations about the potential for innovation in the federal acquisition process
Cybersecurity
Can new tech speed airport security lines?
The head of the Transportation Security Administration faced tough questions from lawmakers on speeding airport screening lines.
Cybersecurity
Sen. Whitehouse proposes cyber IG for civilian agencies
An overarching inspector general for cybersecurity would attract top-notch talent, according to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
People
Are CIOs being frank with the IT dashboard?
In a new report, GAO found that CIO assessments of projects on the IT dashboard downplayed risks two-thirds of the time.
People
CIOs push back against FITARA scores
Agency CIOs pushed back against their grades in the second Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard released by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cybersecurity
House committee wants details on DOD, DHS West Coast offices
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking for information on the staffing and budget levels at the two agencies' Silicon Valley offices.
Digital Government
IT subcommittee seeks GAO probe on VistA upgrade
A pair of IT leaders on Capitol Hill are seeking a GAO probe of efforts to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs homegrown health record system VistA.
Digital Government
Watchdog: Defense health IT upgrade risks delays
The huge DHMSM electronic health records push could be in danger of delays, according to an inspector general report that looks at cybersecurity, training and legacy system interoperability.
Cybersecurity
Cummings nixes theory that contractor discovered OPM breach
More than a year after the massive hack, a senior lawmaker has determined that the OPM breach was not, in fact, detected by a small business doing a product demonstration.
Digital Government
IG: OPM still lacking in planning for IT overhaul
The report is the latest in a series of scathing assessments of the Office of Personnel Management's IT practices from the agency's inspector general.
Cybersecurity
Senators ask what OPM hack means for global cyber relations
The State Department is pushing a regime of global cyber norms, and lawmakers want to know how high-profile hacks affect the effort.
Cybersecurity
House panel weighs the risks of legacy IT
As experts warned of the "dire" threats posed by outdated federal technology, lawmakers grilled top feds, debated workforce issues and inched closer to backing a $3.1 billion fix-it fund.
Digital Government