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Major week for pilot program to fix outdated government IT

Monday, Jan. 8, kicks off important deadlines in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s pilot Centers of Excellence program, a partnership between the White House, General Services Administration and industry to promote rapid, customer-focused IT modernization.
HHS wants one framework to cure them all

The Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting comments on its draft Trusted Exchange Framework, which proposes policies and standards to find and bind variant health care networks and facilitate electronic health record sharing.
Healthcare breaches from ransomware nearly doubled last year

The number of major IT breaches in the healthcare industry caused by ransomware attacks was 89 percent higher in 2017 than in 2016, according to a recent Cryptonite report.
Personal devices banned from West Wing, citing security concerns

The White House has banned the use of personal devices by staff and visitors to the West Wing, according to a statement issued Thursday by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.