Digital Government
Labor Department to use TMF to build a retirement ‘lost and found’
The registry will enable people to search for private employment retirement, group health and other welfare benefit plans that still owe them benefits.
Breaking News
People
IRS taps new CIO
The current acting CIO of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Rajiv Uppal, has been selected to take the top tech post post at the IRS — the latest in a series of leadership changes in the CIO shop at the tax agency in recent months.
Digital Government
OMB previews tech accessibility guidance
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana said coming guidance will focus both on external- and internal-facing government tech.
Digital Government
IRS hits key digitization goal months ahead of schedule
Although Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plugged progress in IRS efforts to tame paper in the agency, she also emphasized that “playing politics with IRS funding is unacceptable.”
Digital Government
USDA hopes more data access will improve states’ SNAP delivery
The Agriculture Department is also working to help states address card skimming and other persistent problems in the SNAP program.
Cybersecurity
ICE’s ‘outdated and overly permissive’ device policy left the agency vulnerable, watchdog warns
A spring audit of agency mobile devices found several banned and outdated applications installed on personnel and contractor smartphones.
Artificial Intelligence
On the heels of Biden's executive order, agencies get White House directive on implementing AI
Agencies will be on the hook for tapping chief AI officers, adding risk management practices to AI like independent evaluations and more.
People
OPM head previews coming cyber and IT hiring flexibilities
The personnel agency is also gearing up to recruit AI workers into the government as part of a talent surge called for in the recent AI executive order.
Cybersecurity
The cyber workforce gap is growing
Despite a significant increase in the number of people entering the cyber field in 2023, demand is still far outpacing that supply.
Digital Government
CX proposal clears Senate committee
The legislation targets “high-impact” government services for streamlining and improvement.
Acquisition
White House looks to ramp up contract spending with small disadvantaged businesses
Last year, the federal government awarded small disadvantaged businesses over 11% of contracting dollars. Now, it’s aiming for 13%.
Digital Government
Are feds ready for FIDO?
The multifactor authentication standard is having a moment, but feds shouldn't expect to be able to ditch PIVs and CAC cards any time soon.
Digital Government
Lawmakers propose establishing new CX lead at OMB
A House bill would also have agencies tap a senior official to coordinate improvements to government services.
Cybersecurity
CISA needs more money and less red tape, report says
Bureaucracy and dispersed authorities hinder the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's ability to carry out its mission as network cyber lead, according to an analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Modernization
'Give us the data,' oversight and anti-fraud experts tell lawmakers
Expert witnesses again implored lawmakers to make an existing data analytics center permanent and set up new data powers to combat fraud.
Digital Government
Login.gov to add facial recognition tech
The General Services Administration is changing its digital identity service to allow users to authenticate themselves by matching against a previously submitted government ID.
Digital Government
IRS announces 13 states where taxpayers could use its Direct File pilot
The agency has yet to commit to a long-term product for the in-house filing tool.
Cybersecurity
What are federal agencies doing to fill out the cyber workforce?
New numbers released Monday show that employers posted over 572,000 cybersecurity jobs in a 12-month period starting in September 2022.
People
Meet the winners of this year’s ‘Oscars’ of public service
The recipients join the over 750 awardees of the Partnership for Public Services’ recognition program since it began in 2002.
Artificial Intelligence