The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) late Wednesday pinned the blame for a major system outage earlier in the day on a damaged database file and said it saw “no evidence of a cyber attack” causing the problem. […]
As open source tools and software are becoming a more integral part of the government’s technology base, a host of agencies are at work formulating strategies to take best advantage of that trend, according to Allan Friedman, senior advisor and strategist at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]
An overnight system outage at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) caused the agency to pause all flights nationwide this morning as it worked to resolve the issue. […]
NASA is moving forward with a $1.3 billion IT services contract after the agency briefly paused the solicitation last year. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) needs to use better monitoring mechanisms to identify and remove ineligible family members who receive health insurance benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program, a new Government Accountability (GAO) report finds. […]
The Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a scathing new report detailing the use of ineffective password protection strategies at the agency, and how the OIG was able to crack 16 percent of the passwords it examined after just 90 minutes of trying. […]
NASA has named commercial space tech veteran A.C. Charania the agency’s new chief technologist, where he will lead technology innovation and serve as the principal advisor on technology policy and programs. […]
As Silicon Valley companies continue to lay off tech workers, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) remains committed to hiring technology professionals for over 1,000 open positions. […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will be focused on funding broadband programs, developing a national spectrum policy, and protecting privacy rights for marginalized groups in 2023. […]
Tracy Pakulniewicz has joined the Biden administration as Chief of Staff for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (SPP) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). […]
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has plans to open-source its data, software, computing resources, and collaboration tools to the broader research community, and is seeking public input on where to start the process. […]
Long-time Federal government IT leader Bobby Saxon has returned to the private sector after serving for six years at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), most recently as deputy director and deputy chief information officer (CIO) in the agency’s Office of IT. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) – in collaboration with six other Federal agencies – is looking to work with minority serving institutions to usher in further study and engagement on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies research. […]
President Biden renominated Gigi Sohn on Jan. 3 to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after her prior nominations to the FCC stalled in the Senate. […]
The U.S. Department of State established a new office charged with understanding the critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world and its integral part of the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy. […]
President Biden signed into law on Dec. 27 the Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022, which requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of its most critical information systems, as well as its cyber posture as a whole. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking input to improve the overall preventive benefit of the nation’s COVID-19 and influenza vaccination programs – as well as pandemic preparedness – by utilizing electronic health records to provide “near real-time, highly accurate” data. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has had a busy year – ranging from the troubled rollout of the agency’s Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program to the need for a new supply chain management system. As the year comes to an end, MeriTalk is taking a look back at the VA’s 2022 and highlighting the agency’s highs and lows. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report showcasing how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) manages its IT projects, and found the number of IT contractors has decreased since 2017. […]
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on Dec. 8 says the Department of Defense (DoD) needs to better harness technology – including artificial intelligence tech – to improve predictive maintenance functions for weapons systems. […]
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory board has urged the agency to leverage technology to improve customer experience (CX) – from updating security checkpoint tech at airports to publicly posting wait times for immigration applications. On Dec. 6, DHS’ Customer Experience and Service Delivery Subcommittee delivered a final report to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas highlighting […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is looking for comments on how to best combat the digital inequalities that some in the U.S. face when getting access to broadband, according to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the agency on Dec. 21. […]
The Federal government has been growing technology-related research and development in recent years, but at the same time is seeing the bulk of that R&D effort centralize in five Federal agencies, according to a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
Chief information officers (CIO) from the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Energy (DoE), and Agriculture (USDA) discussed their agencies’ best IT and security moments of 2022, and their top priorities going into the new year. […]
Military personnel who complete advanced cyber training – which can take more than a year and cost the Defense Department (DoD) hundreds of thousands of dollars – may not remain in the service for a significant time after their training, a Dec. 21 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found. […]
The U.S. Senate voted 57-35 on Dec. 20 to confirm Rob Shriver as the new deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]
In response to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it plans to step up digitization of processes and customer service functions as part of plans to improve its performance in 2023, the agency told GAO. […]
A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that several Federal agencies have yet to meet guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that outline agencies’ responsibilities for accepting digital access and consent forms. […]
NASA has awarded a $516.9 million financial support services contract to Aeyon subsidiary MM Technologies to help modernize the agency’s financial management system. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the fourth revision to its Digital Identity Guidelines draft on Dec. 16. […]