Modernization
Help desk at State pinged Clinton's private email address
A State Department IT worker stumbled on Hillary Clinton's private email address in 2010, and wrote a note to Clinton about a possible glitch.
People
Records management: Are agencies getting full return on information?
A recent survey found that only 33 percent of federal employees are very confident in current records programs.
Digital Government
Attention feds: Those texts, tweets and snapchats just might be records
The U.S. records chief is taking an expansive view of government content generated by new technology.
People
Another lawsuit for OPM, Ashley Madison's government customers and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
How OPM breach victims can fight back
Credit monitoring and credit freezes are recommended, as is providing false information for security questions on social media, banking and other websites.
Cybersecurity
IG warns Labor on information security
Among other problems, the department had a history of failing to switch off access privileges for former employees.
Digital Government
No protests in DOD electronic health record award
The team of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture won the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, potentially worth $9 billion, on July 29.
Acquisition
OPM wants to know who can manage electronic records
The current contract expires Aug. 23, and OPM anticipates issuing an official request for proposals and making an award between Aug. 11 and Aug. 23.
Cybersecurity
HHS security goes back to basics
Don't plug smartphones into medical machines. Log off your computer. Keep your password to yourself. The medical community has plenty of room to improve when it comes to keeping critical data safe.
Digital Government
DOD awards massive health records contract
Leidos, Accenture and Cerner pull off an unexpected win of the multi-billion-dollar Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, beating out the presumptive health-records leader.
Ideas
4 Steps to Boost Records Management Practices
Federal employees and managers aren't confident about what actually constitutes a record.
Digital Government
IFTTT: Your digital duct tape
IFTTT's developer platform can fuel everything from open archives to wearable devices with government application programming interfaces.
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime survey points to heightened concerns
The study found an "underwhelming level of participation" in federally inspired information sharing efforts.
Cybersecurity
White House plugs plan to boost immigration IT
The U.S. Digital Service wants to bring a more intuitive process and consistent look and feel to online immigration applications.
People
Making the most of agency email scandals
Chief Records Officer Paul Wester would prefer that records management was done right, of course, but the political kerfuffles do offer a teachable moment.
Cybersecurity
Sweating the stolen data
Millions of background-check records were compromised, OPM now says. Here's the jaw-dropping range of personal data that was exposed.
Cybersecurity
OPM director refuses to resign amid new hack revelations
Officials detailed the timing of the two breaches and confirmed that they were executed by the same "actor."
Modernization
While Clinton ran private email system, State got high marks for managing records
When assessing records management, it all depends on who you ask.
Digital Government
VA mobile apps link into the Vista health record
The VA is moving forward with a suite of apps for patients and providers that feature live connections into VA health records.
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