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Kent Murphy Shared Services CAP Goal Update Hints at Three More QSMOs

A new update to the Sharing Quality Services cross-agency priority (CAP) goal, released June 20, lays out the timeline for the currently designated quality services management offices (QSMOs), and hints at three more areas for the new, centralized approach to shared services.

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    The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) released an update of the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Plan today, which largely maintains the original 2016 Strategic Plan but brings a new focus on partnership with industry.

  2. CX Customer experience -min Federal Government Nears Completion of its CX CAP Goal

    Based on the most recent Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals update released June 20, the Federal government is nearing completion of its Improving Customer Experience (CX) With Federal Services CAP Goal.

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  1. PMA Updates Federal Data Strategy, Outlines Challenges, Future Goals

    The Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal Action Plan to Leverage Data as Strategic Asset released June updates under the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) on June 20, which indicated movement in the Federal Data Strategy’s development, as well as strategies the CAP Goal team is taking to overcome data use and strategy challenges.

  2. PMA PMA’s IT Modernization Plan Meeting Goals With Few Delays

    The June updates from the President’s Management Agenda’s (PMA) CAP Goal Action Plan to Modernize IT to Increase Productivity and Security, released June 20, see all key milestones either completed or on track to be completed by Q4 FY2019, but delays in implementing government-wide tools have impacted asset management security capabilities.

  3. How to Get Through the FedRAMP Approval Process

    With vendors in various stages of approval for companies in the Federal Risk Assessment and Management Program (FedRAMP) program, getting a cloud offering approved and at the right level can be confusing, but new guidance from the FedRAMP program management office (PMO) aims to fix that.

  4. HR and CIOs Need to Collaborate More on Tech Projects, Says HR Official

    With technology enabling advances in human resources, HR departments can’t just toss their requirements over to the CIO’s office; they need to work with IT to take charge of technology projects, said Roland Edwards, deputy chief human capital officer (CHCO) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

  1. Bill to Strengthen Cybersecurity Coordination with SLGs Introduced

    Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, introduced the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act on June 18.

  2. OFPP Head Highlights What OMB’s Doing to Streamline Acquisition

    The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Deputy Administrator Lesley Field explained how OMB is working on its category management, training procurement officers, and data use modernization to accelerate and sharpen Federal procurement at the Acquisition Innovation CXO Tech Forum today.

  3. Navy Asst Sec: Acquisition Speed is Good, but Simultaneity is Key

    Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James “Hondo” Geurts wants the Navy to take control of its acquisition processes by adjusting to speed and increasing simultaneity.

  4. FITARA Scorecard 8.0 Hearing Scheduled for June 26

    School may be out, but the next edition of the biannual report card for Federal IT is coming next week, as the House Oversight and Reform Committee has scheduled its hearing for the eighth version of the FITARA Scorecard on Wednesday, June 26.

  5. CISA Warns of Attempted Phishing Scam

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) sent out an alert warning of an email phishing scam that is attempting to trick users into opening attachments that are designed to look like Department of Homeland Security notifications.

  6. NIST Releases Draft Guidance for Sensitive Contractor-Held CUI

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a draft of a new publication offering additional guidance for securing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-Federal systems, aimed at protecting high value assets from foreign adversaries.

  7. FITARA Speeds Fed IT Modernization, MeriTalk Survey Finds

    A new survey from MeriTalk finds that 70 percent of Federal IT leaders surveyed believe that FITARA (the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act) has been effective in accelerating Federal IT modernization, with 68 percent agreeing that the law has improved Federal IT efficiency.

  8. NewPay Brings Promise – if Agencies Standardize Systems and Requirements

    The NewPay software-as-a-service solution offers a strong path to modernization for the Federal payroll process, but a successful effort will require agencies to stop using unique systems and requirements, said Michelle Singer, director of the Department of the Interior’s Interior Business Center.

  9. OPM Plans to Furlough 150 Employees Absent GSA Merger, Report Says

    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plans to furlough 150 employees if Congress does not authorize a proposed merger of OPM with the General Services Administration by June 30, according to a report from the Washington Post.

  10. Orgs Struggling With Big Data Management, Automating Workflows Amid GDPR

    Now that the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in place for about a year, managing big data and automating workflow are two significant challenges organizations face as they continue tackling data protection, International Data Cooperation European Security Research Director Martin Whitworth said.