Will Hurd: MGT Act will show who best federal CIOs are

A new report says GSA and other agencies could be doing more to make the shift to the $50-billion telecommunications contract go smoothly.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan issued a recent memo directing the creation of the DOD Cloud Executive Steering Group.

A new report says the IRS still doesn’t have policies, guidance or tools to be in compliance with federal law on software license management.

The compromised database is known as EDGAR.

Software developers at the department need "synthetic" patient data to use when testing new software.

The Corporation for National and Community Service's eGrants system needs some help assessing the risk associated with grants, according to the congressional watchdog.

GSA officials said that they would rebrand SIN 520-20 to help agencies tailor Data Breach Response and Identity Protection Services.

Scott Blackburn will take over as acting CIO effective this week.

J. Christopher Giancarlo sees blockchain technology as the key to protecting the government's oversight of markets.

"Any CIO who tells you that they don't have a failed project is probably not challenging themselves."

According to Dell EMC, it's the largest federal cloud-based unified communications and collaboration contract.

The directive “does not address Kaspersky code embedded in the products of other companies."

Labs is "a new online space that will host a changing selection of experiments."

The Modernizing Government Technology Act passed the Senate Monday as an amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.

Commissioner Alan Thomas issues a spate of leadership changes within FAS.

The agency is delivering great research, but needs to get better at keeping track of its own UAS.

The agency estimates the cost to replace its aged IT systems would run $430 million.

Five months since its creation of DXC, Chief Technology Officer Dan Hushon talks about the company’s early days and the future of federal IT.

The bill sets the "presumption" that government data should be presented as open and machine-readable data.

The government wants you (and you and probably you) for IT positions.

At the top of the list: "SOCs and NOCs."

Updated IT will in turn yield improved cybersecurity capabilities, the letter argues.

Leveraging SBA’s 8(a) program, USDS created an initiative for agencies to looking to learn skills like agile development or build a minimum viable product.

NASA SEWP makes purchasing fast and easy.

The Department of Homeland Security wants all Kaspersky products off of federal networks within the next 90 days.

CIO Maria Roat likes moving fast, which is one reason why the SBA is currently moving through several IT efforts at a rapid clip.

"It was a very very streamlined process," one company executive reflected, while on a panel at Wednesday's AFCEA Homeland Security conference.

The Interior Department agency has launched a $60,000 Challenge.gov competition to find "innovative" data visualization solutions.

Skymind CEO Chris Nicholson explains why government stands to gain "significantly" from open source AI.

In this episode, the Gov Actually team speaks with Tom Davis, director of recapitalization in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The department announced office "realignment" last week.

In the role, Scott will support the law firm's data privacy and cybersecurity practices.

It also offers some suggestions on how the federal government can be a better partner to young, innovative companies.

A new report has found that while the agency offers several APIs for its customer base, it isn't analyzing user data from them.

There's a plan, but it's not sufficiently detailed, GAO says.

The report lays out recommendations for the establishment of a National Secure Data Service to oversee transparent and privacy-protected information.

Barry West said the Trump administration's cybersecurity executive order could shine a light on the need for a beefed up FedRAMP PMO.

Chad Sheridan, CIO of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency, on what the Cloud Center of Excellence is up to next.

For agencies looking to improve their cybersecurity posture through IT modernization, CISOs say shared services could be an efficient way to achieve both.

The federal government needs to embrace global trends in the technology market or face irrelevance, officials and executives said.

GAO recommends that Congress consider extending a fiscal year 2018 deadline.

The legislation would get the president's signature even though it "does not include $228 million requested for the TMF to retire and replace antiquated legacy information technology (IT) systems."

A survey of 200 federal IT executives found that 59 percent of respondents felt IT modernization efforts have increased the cybersecurity challenges they face.

GSA is looking for outside hackers to test the Federalist web publishing service for any and all vulnerabilities.

Health care IT company Cerner has brought in some big guns to help advise on its work to build a new electronic health records system for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The right information governance practices, combined with new data management tools, help agencies maximize the value of data while minimizing risk and cost.

In this episode, the Gov Actually team speaks with Brenda Smith of CBP, who was nominated for the Sammies for her work on the Single Window system.

18F is building a website that allows users to file a FOIA request for any agency in one place.

Nominees Jeff Tien Han Pon and Emily Webster Murphy both have extensive backgrounds serving at the agencies they've been tapped to lead.

When it comes to customer service, every interaction matters for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Information and Technology.

A recent audit has found that federal employees and contractors on the agency’s cyber incident response team hadn’t taken training required by law.

The congressional calendar might be the MGT Act's biggest adversary, but there are ways to get it done before the end of 2017.

A fractured procurement system makes it all but impossible for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mandated accounts of how much mail it sends.

The report lays out "the current and envisioned state of Federal IT, and it provides specific recommendations to jumpstart a new wave of modernization efforts."

A confluence of federal budget hurdles for 2018 could fuel end-of-the-year IT spending to reach record highs.

Years of decentralized networks have left agencies scrambling to inventory their software licenses to stay in compliance with the 2016 law.

Connected vehicle data privacy regulation spans the FTC and NHTSA, making the landscape a little confusing for stakeholders.

DeVries recalls his tenure at OPM a year after almost saying no to the job.

The move comes one month after Chris Painter, America’s top cyber diplomat for six years, announced his departure in July.

There's growing interest in how tech might help tame the wild seas.