Carter gambles with DIUx direct report

IT & Networks

GAO: Census costs skyrocket as effectiveness declines

Conducting the 2020 census will likely cost more and receive fewer responses than in previous years, according to trends described in a recent Government Accountability Office report.
Consumer safety commission falls short on IT safety

A recent inspector general report found that while the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission had made progress in implementing requirements under FISMA, a lack of dedicated resources within the commission still remain.
Feds won’t go all in on cloud. And that’s a security problem.

Moving applications to the cloud requires agencies to refocus their security away from the network and onto users and data.
HHS issues code-a-thon challenge to combat opioid crisis

The Department of Health and Homeland Security announced that it will be holding a code-a-thon to find data-driven solutions to the opioid health epidemic.