People
As secretary, Clinton turned to top aides for tech support
Rather than seeking assistance from the State Department help desk, she emailed senior aides for assistance.
Digital Government
Hardware still hindering State visa process
After a June 9 hardware failure ground the State Department's process for issuing visas overseas to a near halt, two-thirds of the department's posts are now back online and issuing visas.
Acquisition
VA set to test new-look health record interface
VA's pending system helps solve the agency's internal interoperability problems, while extending data to the DoD.
Digital Government
IGs want computer-matching rules eased
Restrictions on accessing records across agencies are hamstringing government watchdogs -- but there's hope for a change.
Cybersecurity
Encryption warning, email assurance, a health IT SIN and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
NARA preps for new info control rules
The government has let "a thousand flowers bloom" with regard to marking sensitive information, but that is about to change.
Digital Government
New email records policy takes shape
A presidential directive requires agencies to manage email records in electronic form by the end of 2016, and the National Archives' plan to hit the goal is almost in final form.
Modernization
Are Government Records Management Practices in Peril?
The evidence of the lack of progress in records management continues to mount.
Cybersecurity
Procurement prize, NARA guidance, IRS system hacked and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
FBI delayed privacy protection rules for Section 215 data, says IG
An IG report asserts that it should not "have taken 7 years … to develop minimization procedures" to protect the privacy of data.
Digital Government
How to ease the e-discovery impact of FOIA requests
Agencies can simplify the process of responding to Freedom of Information Act requests with a little training on new technology tools.
Digital Government
Pentagon official: DoD-VA info sharing improving, but work remains
Real time data transactions between the VA and Pentagon are growing, and have expanded to include the Veterans Benefits Administration.
Digital Government
Senate looks at interoperability for electronic health records
Experts tell committee that business models, not technology, are the main obstacle to better sharing across systems.
Digital Government
State plans electronic release of Clinton email
Questions remain about format as problems persist with the department's email system.
Digital Government
State Department IG weighs in on broader email concerns
Report offers seven recommendations "to improve the use of record emails by Department of State employees and mission staff members."
Cybersecurity
FOIA scorecard, an NSA lawsuit, USPTO's new director and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Clinton says she regrets not using .gov address
There are still lingering questions about the former secretary of State’s use of a private email address and server.
Digital Government
Clinton's printed emails a headache for archivists
Printed emails aren't searchable, don't retain all metadata and aren't necessarily threaded in a way that gives a chronological account of an exchange.
Digital Government
Clinton never used State.gov email as department head
Private account used extensively; scope of archiving unclear.
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