The Department of Labor (DoL) is rolling out a new plan to deploy its remaining unemployment insurance (UI) modernization funding to strengthen state UI systems and prevent fraud after Congress slashed the program’s funding in June. […]
The State Department is asking the tech sector for input as the agency looks to improve customer experience in the document operations of its Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA), and is conducting market research for a potential new contract opportunity in that area. […]
The House on July 20 passed the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act – a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years – with overwhelming bipartisan support in a 351-69 vote. […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce has blacklisted affiliates of two European spyware technology makers – Cytrox and Intellexa – by adding them to the agency’s “Entity List” for allegedly trafficking in cyber exploits that can enable campaigns of repression and other human rights abuses. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is planning on strengthening the oversight of its major IT modernization contracts in response to recent legislation from Congress. […]
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has placed a hold on President Biden’s nomination of Tanya Bradsher to serve as the deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), urging his colleagues to also oppose the nomination. […]
The Federal government awarded $162.9 billion in contracts to small businesses in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, marking a record high and surpassing the Biden administration’s small business contracting goal, the Small Business Administration (SBA) said in a July 18 announcement. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) welcomed 48 new technologists this week to the second annual cohort of the U.S. Digital Corps fellowship program. […]
Cloud services can help financial institutions become more resilient and secure, but a recent report from the Treasury Department found that there are some challenges that can take away from these benefits. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new guidance on July 17 that provides recommendations to protect against threats to 5G standalone network slicing. […]
The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has advanced the nomination of Tanya Bradsher to serve as the deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), sending her nomination to the full Senate for a final vote. […]
Small Business Administration (SBA) Inspector General (OIG) Mike Ware told members of Congress on Thursday that the SBA Office of Inspector General (OIG) is “super confident” in its $200 billion estimate of potentially fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic assistance loan programs. […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced its new Information Technology (IT) Strategy for fiscal years (FY) 2023 – 2027, which will focus on refreshing the “alignment and execution” of the agency’s mission. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is officially launching a Special Salary Rate (SSR) to increase the basic pay for thousands of its IT and cybersecurity employees, effective on July 16, making it the first government agency to roll out the new pay model. […]
The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing on Wednesday afternoon to consider two bills that aim to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) troubled Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program contract with Oracle Cerner. […]
The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) plans to take corrective action and reevaluate proposals under its $50 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract, after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld 98 protests to the IT services contract. […]
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today advanced the nomination of Anna Gomez to serve as a commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), sending it to the Senate floor for a final vote. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said the agency is surpassing its own target for the rate at which Federal agencies are using automated Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program reporting. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a notice on June 30 seeking public comments on a draft plan to make scientific data and publications more readily available to the public. […]
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske published the third edition of the agency’s Administrator’s Intent document last week, which outlines the agency’s planned actions through 2025 to achieve the vision and key technology and cyber objectives from TSA’s eight-year strategy released in 2018. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), released a new Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) on July 6 warning against Truebot malware variants. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has launched two new job portals on USAJOBS to help streamline the job search for national security and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Federal government positions. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has one of the most difficult cybersecurity missions across the Federal government but lacks a workforce plan to ensure the agency can conduct critical cybersecurity workforce reviews, a government watchdog recently found. […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) on June 30 announced its public access plan to make the agency’s Federally funded research more widely available to the public. […]
With the Justice Department’s (DOJ) IT operations at the midpoint of executing a three-year IT strategic plan, we asked agency CIO Melinda Rogers a few weeks back for a run-down on progress with the plan so far, some of the advancements still in progress, and how the five pillars of the strategic plan are making a difference for the operations of DOJ and its 40 or so agency components. […]
Andrea Fletcher has been named chief digital strategy officer (CDSO) for the Digital Service at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to her LinkedIn profile. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) debuted a new search tool today that makes it easier for buyers to find commercial products and services from Native-owned businesses and governments. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking to modernize its supply chain management system and has issued a new solicitation that aims to bring in an easy-to-use, cloud-based solution. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said its Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) is renewing the charter for the 35-member committee through May 2025. […]
Federal government agencies need to focus on workforce and cloud computing strategies, among others, as they move to advance their digital strategies and improve customer experience, a senior Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said this week. […]