The Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) cybersecurity fell under scrutiny in two audits by the agency’s inspector general, with both identifying issues in OPM’s controls and security practices. […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to gather additional data on how its program that helps ensure universal access to broadband service in rural, remote, and other areas of the country is working, and data to help drive decisions on effective use of available funds, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said. […]

Confirmation of the appointment of Camilo Sandoval as the new Federal CISO has emerged in the form of his listing on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) CIO.gov website as holding the Federal CISO title. […]

Federal and local government officials are licking their chops over a wide variety of new services – and improvements on existing ones – that 5G wireless infrastructure and services will allow them to bring to citizens, but also cautioned that a lot of work remains to be done on the to get to those goals. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking information on technology and estimated costs required for establishing a Department of Defense (DoD) Public Safety Communications (PSC) ecosystem. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration – which boasts the largest integrated health system in the U.S. – is continuing to embrace 5G technology by exploring meaningful use cases to support veterans, an agency official said today. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), announced Oct. 30 that it has awarded $2 million to an initiative that will build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is partnering with the Library of Congress’ U.S. Copyright Office and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to modernize contact center capabilities and service offering. […]

The National Park Service (NPS) announced that it will pilot an autonomous shuttle service at Yellowstone National Park to help alleviate traffic congestion. […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking innovative basic or applied research concepts to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 pathogens. […]

The Senate on Oct. 26 confirmed Maj. Gen. Robert J. Skinner as the next head of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). […]

Senior officials with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said this morning that reported county-level problems with voting systems on election day are likely due to technical glitches, and not cyber attacks. […]

Simple, easy to guess passwords are the scourge of cybersecurity staff. On the flip side, many users struggle to remember lengthy and complicated passwords that pass muster with cybersecurity standards. To help bridge the gap between security and useability, Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab Security and Privacy Institute has developed a policy for creating passwords. […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking “revolutionary” research ideas, according to an Oct. 27 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component remain on high alert during Election Day, and see no evidence of any malicious attacks on voting infrastructure that would change any vote totals, officials from both agencies said today. […]

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is delaying the implementation timeline for certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act in order to offer more flexibility for healthcare providers dealing with COVID-19, according to a notice set to be published in the Federal Register today. […]

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) scored well on its fiscal year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) audit, with only four areas noted as weaknesses and no carry-over weaknesses from prior year audits. […]

The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it will allow state, local, territorial, and tribal task force officers to use body-worn cameras on Federal task forces nationwide. […]

The U.S. Army is working with Fitbit on wearable technology that has pre-symptom COVID-19 diagnostic capability, the company said. […]

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) inspector general flagged several IT security policy issues at the agency in a recent FISMA compliance audit, which FMC pledged to address over the next few months. […]

Innovation does not happen when people do the same thing day in and day out. It happens when we step out of our comfort zone, embrace challenges, and support inclusivity, industry experts said Oct. 29 at General Dynamics Information Technology’s Women + Technology event produced in association with MeriTalk. […]

The Defense Department’s (DoD) new Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy released last week marks a shift in the Pentagon’s views of spectrum from separate considerations of warfare-directed and general management uses, to a “unified treatment of these activities as Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO),” said Defense Secretary Mark Esper in the strategy document. […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking comment on Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-3 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors Standard that defines common credentials and authentication mechanisms for logical and physical access applications. […]

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) has identified the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies as one of the challenges of public administration due to concerns over bias, security, and transparency. […]

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., welcomed news reports today that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was ceasing efforts to pursue its proposed merger with the General Services Administration (GSA) – a Trump administration proposal that the congressmen has opposed since it was first floated in 2019. […]

The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) organization will work with the Library of Congress’ U.S. Copyright Office through GSA’s Centers of Excellence (CoE) initiative to modernize contact center capabilities and service offerings at the Copyright Office’s Office of Public Information and Education (PIO). […]

While facial recognition technologies offer huge opportunities to Federal agencies, overcoming algorithmic biases with the help of diverse data sets is essential for full deployment, industry experts said Oct. 29 at General Dynamics Information Technology’s Women + Technology event produced in association with MeriTalk. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are warning hospitals and the public health sector at large that they face an “imminent” threat of malware attacks. […]

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has won the $4.4 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) contract that will streamline the Defense Department’s (DoD) office applications and move the armed services further into the cloud, the company confirmed today. […]

Renewed focus on empowerment, communications, and flexibility are among the top management lessons learned at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) in eight months navigating the coronavirus pandemic, GDIT President Amy Gilliland said this week. […]