IT & Networks

The digital revolution is changing everything, including the federal government. Stay up to date on how IT is changing the face of government.


  • Cybersecurity firm: US Senate in Russian hackers’ crosshairs
    Cybersecurity firm: US Senate in Russian hackers’ crosshairs

    Fancy Bear, the group whose hacking campaign scrambled the 2016 U.S. electoral contest, is “still very active — in making preparations at least — to influence public opinion again,” said Feike Hacquebord, a security researcher at Trend Micro Inc., which published the report. “They are looking for information they might leak later.”

  • The DoD office you’ve never heard of — and why that’s about to change
    The DoD office you’ve never heard of — and why that’s about to change

    As fiscal pressures mount, modernization is by no means certain unless we do something about the efficiency of our acquisition programs.

  • The botnet solution everybody already knows about
    The botnet solution everybody already knows about

    The tools and best practices for preventing botnet attacks already exist, says a recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration draft report to the president. Governments and industries worldwide just need to take advantage of them.

  • Major week for pilot program to fix outdated government IT
    Major week for pilot program to fix outdated government IT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
    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
    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.

  • New legislation promotes more accessible on-the-go government
    New legislation promotes more accessible on-the-go government

    On Dec. 22 the Senate passed the Connected Government Act, a bipartisan bill that would require the Office of Management and Budget to report on agency websites’ compliance with mobile usability.

  • Trump, take note: Library of Congress to trim Twitter archive
    Trump, take note: Library of Congress to trim Twitter archive

    The Library of Congress has decided to change its strategy for collecting and preserving tweets for posterity by switching to a more event-based strategy that collects around elections or issues of ongoing national interest.

  • GSA releases contract for login.gov
    GSA releases contract for login.gov

    The domain aims to provide the public with “secure and private online access to participating government programs” through a single account.