Digital Government
IRS email probe awaits new software
IG finds "potential criminal activity," but the investigation is on hold pending settlement of a dispute with a vendor over software licensing rights.
Acquisition
VISTA-based solution eliminated from DoD health record procurement
VA CIO Steph Warren was "disappointed" that a VISTA solution would not prevail at the Pentagon.
Digital Government
FCC plans expansion of political ad data requirements
The commission plans to bring cable TV and radio under the same disclosure rules as broadcast TV.
Digital Government
OMB agrees to release government-wide data inventories
The "largest index of government data in the world" will soon be made public.
Cybersecurity
Anthem cyberattack renews calls for info sharing
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said Congress needs "to take aggressive action."
Digital Government
Commerce OIG seeks compliance tool for email
Federal agencies are facing deadlines for managing email that qualifies as federal records.
Digital Government
Faster data, better law enforcement
DOJ’s R&D arm is funding software development that makes it easier to store and transfer data for criminal investigations.
Cybersecurity
FOIA redux, population data and encryption middle ground
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Social Security preps data reboot
SSA plans to migrate data and production to the new National Support Center by August 2016.
Cybersecurity
CIS gearing up for deferred action
Citizenship and Immigration Services wants to hire secure IT personnel ahead of an expected tsunami of new application forms.
Digital Government
Using big data to benefit veterans
A VistA expert offers three keys for turning health data into improved care and lower costs.
Digital Government
IBM, Epic already prepping for military EHR work
Though DOD is months away from making an award in its $11 billion electronic health record contract, IBM and health record partner Epic are readying plans to transform the way the military provides health care to service members and families.
Digital Government
SEC moves to ease access to financial statement data
The move could empower data scientists and programmers to build securities analysis tools that scale across the entire U.S. market.
Cybersecurity
Unsecured webpage put 7,000 vets at risk for years
The website flaw has been fixed, but the VA is planning further investigation of possible exfiltration of data from its network.
Digital Government
Inside the quest to prevent suicides through better data
FCW investigated efforts by the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to improve a joint data repository on military and veteran suicides. Something as impersonal and mundane as incomplete datasets could be exacerbating a national tragedy.
Acquisition
Iron Mountain settles with GSA over data storage suit
Firm agrees to pay $44.5 million over allegations of overcharging agencies for record storage.
Digital Government
Clock runs out on FOIA update
Popular bill to encourage broader document publication was stalled in the Senate until this week; Boehner declines to schedule House vote.
People
NARA gets more power over records under new law
The nation's archivist gets rule-writing authority under a new law. Will everyday feds notice the difference?
Cybersecurity
Digging into the immigration order's ripple effects
The president is also seeking ideas on modernizing the IT infrastructure that supports the visa processing system.
Cybersecurity
NIST, NARA move to secure federal data on outside systems
New draft guidelines would apply to sensitive but unclassified data on contractors' IT systems and other nonfederal networks.
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