Katie Malone MeriTalk Katie Malone is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.
House Reps. Intro Bill Expanding Electronic Records to Include Blockchain Oct 9, 2020 | 2:48 pm Chairs of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus Reps. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., and Darren Soto, D-Fla., re-introduced legislation earlier this week to expand government use and the definition of blockchain, ensuring the use of the technology for electronic records and signatures. […]
DoD Releases Data Strategy; Sees Data as Weapons System Oct 9, 2020 | 11:56 am The Department of Defense (DoD) released its enterprisewide data strategy yesterday, paving the way for use of data as a strategic asset across all component agencies. […]
DOT CIO Says Office Landscape ‘Changed Forever’ as Tech Enables Remote Work Oct 8, 2020 | 3:54 pm Looking ahead to a post-pandemic future, Department of Transportation (DoT) CIO Ryan Cote said at MeriTalk’s October 7 CIO Crossroads webinar that the workplace structure will be forever changed as organizations and Federal agencies realize the value of technology implemented throughout the mass shift to remote work. […]
Zero Trust Becoming Cyber Strategy of Choice Across Defense Department Oct 8, 2020 | 2:36 pm Across several agencies with the Department of Defense (DoD), building a zero-trust architecture to secure IT systems is becoming the strategy of choice for agency leaders as several confirmed efforts to transition over from a traditional perimeter approach today. […]
Rep. Connolly, GAO Urge More IRS Funding to Meet Mission Critical Modernization Oct 7, 2020 | 2:32 pm Tasked with distributing stimulus checks during the pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been hobbled by decades of insufficient funding and legacy IT causing agencywide inefficiencies at a time when Americans rely heavily on the agency’s services. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., an official from the Government Accountability Office, and the IRS commissioner all agreed today that sustained modernization funding is necessary to bring the agency up to date and meet mission critical objectives. […]
Modernization Fueled USDA Telework, CIO Says Agency Isn’t Slowing Down Oct 6, 2020 | 3:30 pm Department of Agriculture (USDA) CIO Gary Washington is crediting the agency’s modernization efforts for smooth service delivery and mass telework during the COVID-19 pandemic, but he’s also saying that the agency isn’t slowing down its transformation efforts as it looks toward a post-pandemic future. […]
Fed Pivot to Data Science Includes New Hiring Alongside Reskilling Effort Oct 6, 2020 | 11:56 am To harness the power of data science across the Federal government, Deputy Federal CIO Maria Roat said that agencies are launching a new subject matter expert hiring initiative alongside the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) data science reskilling program. […]
Treasury Warns it Could Fine Organizations Paying Ransomware Oct 5, 2020 | 2:10 pm The Treasury Department is asking organizations not to pay off malicious actors to terminate ransomware attacks without carefully considering possible national security threats – and said it may implement penalties for organizations that choose to pay ransom to their attackers. […]
CISA Reveals Simple Tips to Keep Telework Secure Oct 5, 2020 | 10:37 am The increased shift to telework seems like it is here to stay as employers work to slow the spread of COVID-19 several months into the pandemic, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new telework tips for leaders, IT professionals, and teleworkers to keep the remote environment secure. […]
Federal CIO Council, ACT-IAC Team on TBM Model Oct 2, 2020 | 2:23 pm The Federal CIO Council’s Federal Investment Management Community of Practice and ACT-IAC’s IT Management and Modernization Community of Interest have released an IT spending transparency maturity model in line with the Federal Data Strategy action plan and Technology Business Management (TBM) implementation. […]