Digital Government

The ATF of taxes eyes case management systems

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is interested in streamlining case management, with an emphasis on interoperability with outside systems.

Modernization

FedRAMP wants to overhaul cloud authorizations

FedRAMP's high baseline standards are on the back burner as the program focuses on slashing the amount of time it takes to complete authorizations.

People

Connolly again backs big raise for feds

The Virginia Democrat looking to give federal employees an almost 4 percent base pay bump, plus a hike in locality pay.

People

Education CIO retires weeks after Capitol Hill confrontation

Danny Harris will leave his job as CIO of the Department of Education after 32 years of federal service.

Digital Government

18F's procurement hack could guide DHS bug bounties

Cross-agency collaboration might lead the Department of Homeland Security to dodge the acquisition process while paying hackers to find vulnerabilities.

Digital Government

USDA preps for the Internet of Tractors

USDA is looking for commercial solutions to an agricultural data problem, as farmers report basically the same data twice in a process prone to human error.

Digital Government

Who can supply a Postal Service analytics platform?

USPS is looking to industry for customizable off-the-shelf analytics platforms for massive datasets.

Cybersecurity

Obama names picks for cyber commission

A presidential commission aimed at sizing up the nation's cybersecurity is getting a leader with government background and a vice chairman from industry.

Cybersecurity

Why senators need a CISO

Users might be daredevils or they might not fully understand their cybersecurity risks, said the man in charge of protecting U.S. senators' networks. Either way, CISOs have to work with what they've got.

Cybersecurity

OPM needs data management for background checks

On the cusp of absorption by a brand-new agency, Federal Investigative Services is searching for electronic records support.

Digital Government

IRS moves on digitizing records

IRS officials defended the agency's timeline for archiving internal records in a searchable, centralized database.

Cybersecurity

Labor misses deadline to bid cyber contract, re-ups with Accenture

According to contracting documents, the Labor Department needs Accenture to maintain its cyber defenses in the midst of the ongoing governmentwide cybersecurity sprint.

Digital Government

IRS fighting for 2010 funding in 2017

The tax agency has struggled with scandals and legacy tech, and blamed data leaks and abysmal customer service on funding cuts, but Republicans don't seem to think the IRS can fix its problems with money.

Cybersecurity

IRS targeted in bot attack

Using stolen Social Security numbers, hackers attempted to generate hundreds of thousands of e-filing PINs.

Cybersecurity

Obama bemoans obsolete tech in budget request

The president put the federal government's portfolio of aging IT systems front and center in his final budget request to Congress.

Cybersecurity

Bureau of Industry and Security seeks CIO

The export control agency, which has had well-documented cybersecurity woes, is now hunting for a top technology official.

Digital Government

Agencies, what's up with your FOIAs?

A new survey seeks insight into how agencies are handling Freedom of Information Act requests.

Modernization

Census wants 2020 outreach to be mobile and social

Contractors will need to think creatively if they want to win the $415 million Census communications contract due to be awarded this summer.

Digital Government

Tax systems back up, failure still under investigation

After a reported hardware failure crippled key tax systems, the IRS got the systems back online in a little more than 24 hours.

Modernization

Hardware failure brings down tax systems

On the cusp of tax season, unexplained tech troubles forced the IRS to suspend several key digital operations.