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NASA IG doubts CIO’s ability to manage IT

“[T]he Office of the Chief Information Officer has made insufficient progress to improve NASA’s IT governance, casting doubt on the office’s ability to effectively oversee the agency’s IT assets,” according to the agency inspector general.
Quarter of emails claiming to be from feds are malicious, unauthenticated, says cyber firm

Some 25 percent of emails claiming to be from the federal government are either unauthenticated or malicious, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Agari.
TSA’s agile modernization plan is clunky, overbudget and behind schedule

The TSA had intended to incorporate agile software development, yet the agency failed to define key roles and responsibilities, implement automated capabilities and prioritize system requirements for the effective usage of agile, according to GAO.
Blockchain: Is government shackling itself to the wrong technology?

For federal agencies, the digital ledger technology known as blockchain is generating a lot of heat but not much light. There’s buzz, but not a lot of practical demonstration. High hopes, but no sure guarantee that blockchain will make government better, safer, smarter.