The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a final request for proposal (RFP) for its $8 billion ProTech Oceans Domain 2.0. contract, which covers major domains of satellites, fisheries, weather, and oceans. […]
President Biden signed the NOTAM Improvement Act into law over the weekend, which requires the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a task force to provide recommendations for improvement of the agency’s Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) system. […]
A senior Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer experience (CX) official said last week that the value of taking a deliberate approach in the process for generating CX improvements can generate better understanding of the problems trying to be solved, and ultimately the way that the agency may go about making improvements. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has made some progress over the past year in reducing the number of priority recommendations it has received from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has ranked IT investments as one of the top eight “critically important” challenges for the agency in the OIG’s first half fiscal year (FY) 2023 Semiannual Report to Congress. […]
Just three months after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the General Services Administration (GSA) found that the Federal agency had been misleading users on the standards of its Login.gov identity proofing website, GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Sonny Hashmi said this week that the tool’s adoption curve continues to increase despite the OIG’s findings earlier this year. […]
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is well along in a “reimagining” how the department is handling and improving its customer care experience, said Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, chief experience officer at the agency, today. […]
Tanya Bradsher, the Biden administration’s nominee to become deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), told senators at a confirmation hearing on May 31 that her top priority at the agency – if her nomination is confirmed – would be to help fix the troubled rollout of the agency’s Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR) program. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report finding that the Department of Energy (DoE) has failed to fully implement a program to protect against insider threats to the agency’s nuclear weapons and related secret information. […]
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly said today she is confident that Congress will give CISA the funding it needs to execute on its mission even in times of skinnier Federal budgets, and emphasized her belief that cybersecurity is an issue with substantial bipartisan support among lawmakers. […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the FCC will re-charter the Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC) for another two-year term. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on May 24, released the final guideline version on how agencies should manage their vulnerability disclosure for information systems within the Federal government. […]
Members of the House Committee on Homeland Security sent a letter to Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on May 23 asking about the agency’s progress in defending critical information and communications technology (ICT) supply chains. […]
The Small Business Administration (SBA), and the General Services Administration (GSA) have launched a joint effort to help small disadvantaged businesses (SBD) gain access to more Federal contracts in GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program. […]
During its audit of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) fiscal years 2022 and 2021 financial statements, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the tax agency has been operating with two new deficiencies related to information system controls. […]
During a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on May 24, officials from the Social Security Administration (SSA) testified before the committee on some of the actions they have undertaken to combat online identity fraud. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the OPM Retirement Quick Guide this week to help walk Federal employees through the retirement process and know what to expect as a retirement application is processed and benefits are determined. […]
A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Department of Energy (DoE) hasn’t fully implemented its Insider Threat Program, more than eight years after it established the program in 2014. […]
The Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) this week released a new report that summarizes the opportunities and risks for AI in teaching, learning, research, and assessment based on public input. […]
As ransomware continues to be a severe issue that is plaguing many across the cybersecurity landscape, a new update has just been released through the Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF) to address these growing threats. […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced this week that it has awarded top spots to both Maximus and Accenture Federal Services on the agency’s $2.6 billion systems modernization blanket purchase agreement. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is looking to create a new contract opportunity that would help transition the department to an Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle in an effort to advance the department’s IT infrastructure. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it will bring employees into the office more regularly this fall, setting a new minimum requirement for in-person work. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs to transition away from large, “monolithic” contracts to smaller, outcome-focused contracts to better serve itself and veterans, according to House subcommittee members and acquisition experts. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 23, a department-wide policy on the use of body-worn cameras (BWC) for law enforcement officers and agents to be more transparent, a first for the department as a whole. […]
President Biden on Monday announced his intention to nominate three key leaders to his administration to serve on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), in a push for a Democratic majority at the agency. […]
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has not established goals to assess user satisfaction of its Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sent out a new contract opportunity notice on May 11 seeking private sector interest in a five-year contract to support the agency’s VA Cybersecurity Operations Center (VA CSOC). […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is implementing a “trust but verify” approach to all of its IT acquisitions to ensure its cybersecurity components are fully compliant with President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order (EO), according to VA Chief Acquisition Officer Michael Parrish. […]
A top official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said this week that her office played a significant role in helping to craft the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, and will continue to do so when it comes to implementing the strategy. […]