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New CTO to help NGA better leverage technology trends
NGA has created a new chief technology officer position that will act as an evangelist for innovation inside and outside the agency.
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IRS tech modernization legislation passes the House
Just after an IRS payment application went down and forced the IRS to extend the tax season, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century IRS Act to improve cybersecurity and IT modernization at the agency.
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Ambitious VA medical records overhaul in jeopardy after department shakeup
Former VA Secretary David Shulkin has said the department was close to finalizing a contract just before he was fired. Now the deal is in limbo.
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Russia denies ‘feeble’ US, UK charges of internet tampering
In a joint statement Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre said the main targets in the alleged tampering of routers and other networking equipment include “government and private-sector organizations,” as well as providers of “critical infrastructure” and internet service providers.
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Senator wants to cut down on veterans website confusion
The sites vets.gov and veterans.gov are both owned by the government, but are operated completely separately.
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Report: IT is the No. 1 agency management challenge
A comprehensive report drawn from 61 agency-specific inspector general reports on management issues published in 2017 found IT problems at the forefront of most agencies’ concerns.
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IRS system overtaxed just before filing deadline
The agency everyone loves to hate won’t win any new fans as the IRS Direct Pay system crashed with just hours before the 2017 tax year filing deadline.
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Veterans Affairs CIO Scott Blackburn resigns
Blackburn became acting chief information officer at Veterans Affairs in October 2017, and will now be taking a few months time off of work, according to his tweet announcing the resignation.
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NIST publishes update to its cyber framework
The new version 1.1 features updates to authentication and identity, self-assessing cyber risk, managing cybersecurity within the supply chain and vulnerability disclosure.
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Pentagon updates its JEDI cloud solicitation
The Pentagon has answered 1,030 questions about its sweeping, multibillion-dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, and wants more.
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New CTO to help NGA better leverage technology trends
NGA has created a new chief technology officer position that will act as an evangelist for innovation inside and outside the agency.
-
IRS tech modernization legislation passes the House
Just after an IRS payment application went down and forced the IRS to extend the tax season, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century IRS Act to improve cybersecurity and IT modernization at the agency.
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Ambitious VA medical records overhaul in jeopardy after department shakeup
Former VA Secretary David Shulkin has said the department was close to finalizing a contract just before he was fired. Now the deal is in limbo.
-
Russia denies ‘feeble’ US, UK charges of internet tampering
In a joint statement Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre said the main targets in the alleged tampering of routers and other networking equipment include “government and private-sector organizations,” as well as providers of “critical infrastructure” and internet service providers.
-
Senator wants to cut down on veterans website confusion
The sites vets.gov and veterans.gov are both owned by the government, but are operated completely separately.
-
Report: IT is the No. 1 agency management challenge
A comprehensive report drawn from 61 agency-specific inspector general reports on management issues published in 2017 found IT problems at the forefront of most agencies’ concerns.
-
IRS system overtaxed just before filing deadline
The agency everyone loves to hate won’t win any new fans as the IRS Direct Pay system crashed with just hours before the 2017 tax year filing deadline.
-
Veterans Affairs CIO Scott Blackburn resigns
Blackburn became acting chief information officer at Veterans Affairs in October 2017, and will now be taking a few months time off of work, according to his tweet announcing the resignation.
-
NIST publishes update to its cyber framework
The new version 1.1 features updates to authentication and identity, self-assessing cyber risk, managing cybersecurity within the supply chain and vulnerability disclosure.
-
Pentagon updates its JEDI cloud solicitation
The Pentagon has answered 1,030 questions about its sweeping, multibillion-dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, and wants more.
-
New CTO to help NGA better leverage technology trends
NGA has created a new chief technology officer position that will act as an evangelist for innovation inside and outside the agency.
-
IRS tech modernization legislation passes the House
Just after an IRS payment application went down and forced the IRS to extend the tax season, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century IRS Act to improve cybersecurity and IT modernization at the agency.
-
Ambitious VA medical records overhaul in jeopardy after department shakeup
Former VA Secretary David Shulkin has said the department was close to finalizing a contract just before he was fired. Now the deal is in limbo.
-
Russia denies ‘feeble’ US, UK charges of internet tampering
In a joint statement Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre said the main targets in the alleged tampering of routers and other networking equipment include “government and private-sector organizations,” as well as providers of “critical infrastructure” and internet service providers.
-
Senator wants to cut down on veterans website confusion
The sites vets.gov and veterans.gov are both owned by the government, but are operated completely separately.
-
Report: IT is the No. 1 agency management challenge
A comprehensive report drawn from 61 agency-specific inspector general reports on management issues published in 2017 found IT problems at the forefront of most agencies’ concerns.
-
IRS system overtaxed just before filing deadline
The agency everyone loves to hate won’t win any new fans as the IRS Direct Pay system crashed with just hours before the 2017 tax year filing deadline.
-
Veterans Affairs CIO Scott Blackburn resigns
Blackburn became acting chief information officer at Veterans Affairs in October 2017, and will now be taking a few months time off of work, according to his tweet announcing the resignation.
-
NIST publishes update to its cyber framework
The new version 1.1 features updates to authentication and identity, self-assessing cyber risk, managing cybersecurity within the supply chain and vulnerability disclosure.
-
Pentagon updates its JEDI cloud solicitation
The Pentagon has answered 1,030 questions about its sweeping, multibillion-dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, and wants more.



