People

Deadline for Rising Star nominations extended to Aug. 11

We're looking for women and men who are having an outsized impact on federal IT -- and who show clear signs of being leaders in the community in the years to come.

People

White House pushes TBM for IT savings and smarter spending

At a half-day summit on Technology Business Management, government and industry executives stressed the benefits of better IT investment data.

Digital Government

DOD deploys health record system at second facility

MHS Genesis adds new capabilities as Naval Hospital Oak Harbor comes online.

Modernization

CIA CIO: Private cloud 'the best decision we’ve ever made'

Four years into its embrace of an on-premises cloud, the intelligence community is seeing both cost and mission benefits.

Modernization

Is it time to rethink the TIC?

Current restrictions on internet gateways complicate agencies' move to the cloud, so the Office of Management and Budget is exploring new security architectures.

People

Izzy Feldman, founder of GCN, dies at 86

Feldman created publications and conferences that have been linchpins of the government IT community.

Acquisition

Help us find this year's Rising Stars

Make your nominations today for federal IT's next generation of change agents.

People

Trump picks Nesterczuk for OPM director

The former OPM and Defense official also served on a transition landing team.

People

Has the veteran preference broken federal hiring?

There are better ways encourage agencies to hire veterans, a former chief human capital officer argues -- but the process is unlikely to change anytime soon.

Digital Government

Court strikes down FAA's drone registration rule

Registration system "directly violates" a 2012 law, a federal appeals court concluded.

Cybersecurity

No agencies hit by WannaCry so far

Steps taken in the government's 2015 cyber sprint continue to pay dividends, acting federal CIO says.

Modernization

$500M IT modernization bill passes House

The Modernizing Government Technology Act passed the House of Representatives on a voice vote, but the Senate outlook is less certain.

People

PSC's Wennergren headed to Deloitte

Longtime Defense executive to focus on federal IT modernization efforts.

People

NSF CIO Amy Northcutt dies at 57

The longtime National Science Foundation executive was diagnosed with a brain tumor just nine days earlier.

Modernization

As FedRAMP gains speed, true sharing still lags

New study finds that most authorized cloud services are used by just one or two agencies, but "the scope is widening."

Modernization

Does buying cloud services have to be this hard?

The acquisition options are getting better, but many agencies are still relying on workarounds.

Acquisition

FCC honored again for cloud embrace

The agency is now the only two-time CIO 100 winner from government and is working to smooth other organizations' path to the cloud

Modernization

OMB seeks more specific IT spending data

New guidance instructs agencies to break out investments for seven standard "support IT" categories.

Modernization

Box brings milspec security to its entire platform

DOD's authorization for Impact Level 4 means controls for sensitive unclassified information are now in place for all customers. FedRAMP High authorization is in the works, and will also be platform-wide.