Modernization
Cerner looks to government for growth
Health record software provider Cerner is poised to capitalize on gains in the government market.
Cybersecurity
Acting DOD tech chief tapped for DHS CIO post
President Donald Trump selects a longtime DOD tech hand for the DHS CIO job 12 weeks after a New York hedge fund CISO abruptly left the post.
Cybersecurity
Agencies don't know where attacks are coming from
A risk report being produced under the cybersecurity executive order suggests that agencies need to get a better handle on where attacks are originating.
Cybersecurity
DHS plan to collect immigrants' social media gets roasted in the comments
A proposal to update information collection on legal immigrants and naturalized citizens to include social media details is roundly criticized by privacy and immigrant advocates.
Digital Government
Judge dismisses lawsuit against VA for sole source EHR
Health technology firm CliniComp says it will appeal a dismissal of its lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Cybersecurity
Gowdy: White House deleted text, social media apps from official phones
White House staff no longer have text or social media messaging apps on their official phones because of records management headaches, according to a letter from a key House overseer.
Cybersecurity
Letter: White House told House panel officials weren't following records law
Rep. Elijah Cummings, ranking member on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is asking for the chairman to press the White House on records management.
Digital Government
IRS to supply real-time income verification under Senate bill
A bipartisan bill just introduced in the Senate would put the cash-strapped IRS on the hook for developing a way of conducting income checks for the financial industry.
Cybersecurity
White House: No new policy for encrypted chat apps
In a terse response to probing questions from Capitol Hill, a White House liaison indicates that there's no new policy when it comes to encrypted messaging platforms.
Cybersecurity
Senator wants Kaspersky out of U.S. voting systems
Amid concerns about election system security, Sen. Amy Klochubar is looking for DHS to help boot Kaspersky from state and local voting systems.
Acquisition
House passes FITARA extension
The bill expands on the 2014 legislation to permanently authorize transparency and risk management in IT investments and extends the sunset dates of data center consolidation provisions.
Digital Government
Can anyone check the president on records management?
A motion to dismiss a lawsuit against President Trump argues that a president gets to decide what is and isn't a presidential record.
Digital Government
Oracle rips innovation shops
In comments on a planned governmentwide modernization scheme, database firm Oracle called on the federal government to rethink open source and hiring software coders.
Cybersecurity
IT outages create headaches for CBP field workers
Despite a $1.4 billion IT budget, the agency responsible for screening people and cargo entering the U.S. from abroad suffers from system downtime that could lead to increased security risks, according to an internal oversight report.
Cybersecurity
DHS adds social media to immigration files
A move by the Department of Homeland Security to add public facing online data to an immigration database is generating controversy and comments, but DHS says it hasn't launched a new policy.
Digital Government
Senators seek IG probe of HealthCare.gov outages
Four Senate Democrats are urging the Health and Human Services inspector general to probe the planned schedule for HealthCare.gov downtime during the coming open enrollment period.
Cybersecurity
SEC still probing data breach
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton told a Senate panel that the agency was expanding its probe into a 2016 data breach.
People
IT, cyber figure in State Dept. 'redesign'
As the Trump administration looks to dramatically reshape the State Department's scope and size, an IT refresh and increased role in cyber policy are on the table.
Acquisition
Healthcare.gov downtime to grow during 2017 open enrollment
Uptime for the Healthcare.gov system will decrease during the coming open enrollment period, in part due to a shortened open season, and in part due to an increase in scheduled maintenance.
Digital Government
SEC owns up to 2016 breach
A key database of financial information was breached in 2016, possibly in support of insider trading, said the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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