Modernization

New White House guidance charts future of shared services

The Obama administration is looking to make sure its advances on shared services becomes a permanent fixture of government.

Modernization

Why bimodal IT is terrible

In an agile world, a two-siloed system is simply wasteful, Forrester analysts argue in a new report.

Digital Government

USAID's beta site is meant to look nongovernmental

In a bid to democratize development worldwide, USAID is partnering with other organizations to create a website that doesn't even end in .gov.

Digital Government

Hundreds of comments shape final Data Act schema

One year before the Data Act’s big reporting deadline, the Treasury Department dropped a finalized picture of how all the government's spending data will actually come together.

Acquisition

Struggling HUD pins hopes on portfolio management

After burning through $240 million a few years ago, the agency is trying to tighten its grip on IT spending.

Modernization

What really goes on inside the FedRAMP office

One tiny team is at the center of the federal government’s push for cloud computing — and all the loud, complicated competing interests that go along with it.

Digital Government

DOJ wants a picture of the body-cam market

Seeking to update its market survey, the Justice Department wants to hear what body-cam vendors have to offer.

Acquisition

Techies make the 'Sammies' finals

Serving citizens – and those around the world – is what drives feds to apply technology to their work.

Digital Government

New Labor Department employment portal targets veterans

The Labor Department is officially launching a "first stop" website to bring together the resources of multiple agencies for job-seeking veterans.

Cybersecurity

GAO: SEC needs to follow its own security plan

A new GAO report says the SEC's financial data could be accessed by former or disgruntled employees unless proper access management controls are instituted.

People

Why OPM is prioritizing higher education for feds

A new training push might be equipping feds with skills that could help them jump to the private sector, but one leader says that's okay.

Cybersecurity

Town halls aren't fixing DHS

Employees throughout the Homeland Security Department's diverse components are less engaged than feds in any other agency. Is it a leadership problem?

Digital Government

House passes email protection bill

House-passed updates to the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act eliminate differences in the way locally and remotely stored email messagess are treated when it comes to law enforcement access.

Digital Government

The money factory needs a CTO

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is seeking a new "currency technology officer."

Cybersecurity

Risky clicks continue to keep too many hackable

In its latest data breach report, Verizon's team lays out the tried-and-true methods hackers are using to own enterprises – and the ways enterprises can fight back.

Cybersecurity

Teamwork could lure women to cyber careers

Emphasizing the collaborative nature of cybersecurity work may prove a key lure to draw women into the male-dominated profession, according to one study.

Digital Government

Feds might appreciate an easier budget process, but they're not going to get it

Budget uncertainty hurts agency planning and can lead to more waste. Congress wants to change -- but how?

Cybersecurity

A year after the OPM breach, one cyber vendor is still looking for answers

CyTech Services, the veteran-owned small business that may have played a significant role in discovering the OPM hack a year ago, says it's never been paid for that work.

Digital Government

Is IRS dropping the risk assessment ball?

The nation's tax data hasn't been hacked directly, but watchdogs say the IRS made "the wrong call" on risk assessments, which led to data leaking out the front door.

Digital Government

IG: NASA needs an IT guard dog

The agency lacks comprehensive plans for IT security and hasn't had steady leadership in charge of protecting its assets, a new report says.