GT4B Giving Way to Policy Inputs, Simpler Messaging
GovTech4Biden is going away, but the next stage of the larger impetus that propelled the successful effort is just beginning.
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Pentagon Tightening Workplace Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Spike
The Defense Department (DoD) is putting in place additional workplace restrictions for the Pentagon Reservation area over the Thanksgiving weekend – effective at 5:00 a.m. EST on Nov. 26 – due to the increased spike COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region.
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Supply Chain Efforts Crucial to Army’s Data-Driven IT Modernization
For the U.S. Army, the mission drives everything. The Army is creating ready, prompt, and sustained warfighters to protect the nation – but two decades into the 21st century, war has evolved and challenged the department to quickly modernize and adapt to a changing landscape.
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Early Diagnosis Speeds HHS, Industry to Pandemic Footing, Officials Say
Any good healthcare provider will tell you that early diagnosis of a problem can lead to better outcomes down the road – and IT leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proved the enduring truth of that adage in the agency’s quick adjustment to a telework footing as the coronavirus pandemic emerged earlier this year.
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State Facing Information Security and Management Issues, OIG Says
In a report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of State that identifies the most significant management and performance challenges, the OIG found information security and management as one of those seven challenges.
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FedRAMP Shares Plan to Transition to NIST Rev5
FedRAMP released its plan to align with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) latest update to SP 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, Revision 5 (Rev5).
On Tuesday, December 1 at 1:30 p.m. ET, join MeriTalk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Defense Acquisition University, and Coursera for a free webinar to hear how Federal agencies are using data to power their mission and drive outcomes, and the critical need for digital reskilling as they modernize at an increasingly rapid […]
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HHS Seeks to Leverage Emerging Tech to Help Aging Underserved Populations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is seeking to better inform the direction of efforts to improve access to emerging technologies and healthcare services to improve health outcomes for aging Americans.
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EPA Component Failed to Keep Up Disaster Recovery During COVID-19
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), a component agency of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), struggled to keep its disaster recovery plan in place during COVID-19, failing to store off-site backups and not conducting testing, according to a report released by the EPA’s inspector general.
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NASA Testing AR to Help Manage Drone Traffic
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to manage the growing number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with augmented reality tools to ensure safety in the air and visibility for air traffic management.
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VA Serves up Cookbook With Roadmap to CX Flavortown
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released a “Customer Experience (CX) Cookbook” for Federal agencies that features key ingredients and recipes for embedding CX in Federal services and for cooking up CX best practices.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Lets Users Time Travel With Mobile App
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LMNL) has turned to a mobile app to let the public time travel to the 1940s. LMNL announced that it has re-released its mobile app, The Secret City: Project Y, which allows users to explore Los Alamos, N.M., as it was during the Manhattan Project in the 1940s.
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HHS Seeks Cloud Hosting for ASPR Website
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking for cloud hosting for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) website.
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Threat Intelligence is Essential for Agencies to Combat Dark Web Threats
The dark web has long provided a safe haven for cybercriminals to plot illicit activities, often with huge implications for the government. To stay ahead of cybercriminals, Federal agencies have to investigate threats and emerging adversaries on their networks – but that is easier said than done.
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FEC Looks to Move Filing Platform to the Cloud
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is looking to move its current filing platform to a cloud-based platform, according to a Nov. 23 request for information (RFI). In the RFI, the FEC said it is looking to create a “modern, state of the art, cloud-based, secure, platform-independent electronic filing data application.”
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Coast Guard Moves Analytics Support System to Cloud
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) plans to modernize a key system and move it to the cloud to support better information sharing, improved data management, and enhanced security, according to a notice in the Federal Register released November 23.
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Senate Bill Targets China’s Tech Standards-Setting Impact
A bill introduced in the Senate Nov. 18 by Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio would charge the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with reporting to Congress on the impact of the Chinese government’s influence in setting global standards for emerging technologies.
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House, Senate Dems Want GAO Briefings on ‘Schedule F’ EO Progress
House and Senate leaders have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide multiple briefings to members of Congress on how the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is going about implementing President Trump’s controversial executive order to create a new “Schedule F” classification for Federal employees in policy-making positions.
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GSA ‘Ascertains’ Biden-Harris Victory, Freeing Transition Resources
The Biden-Harris transition team confirmed late Monday that General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy has officially ascertained President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris as the apparent winners of the 2020 presidential election.
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High Value Asset Protection Rides on CDM Program Progress, Survey Finds
The crown jewels of Federal agency network and data assets need better protection from cyber adversaries, but the jury is still out as to whether and when the government’s primary security program to protect them – the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program – will provide the kind of protections that those assets require.
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COVID-19 Disruption Spurs Cloud Market to Grow 18% in 2021
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, both the public and private sector are turning to telework to help stem the spread of the virus. This reliance on telework has increased investment in cloud computing services, which will cause the cloud market to grow 18.4 percent in 2021, according to a Nov. 17 report from Gartner.