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Articles by Jory Heckman

• Census Bureau runs drills with DHS to ‘stay ahead of cyber threats’

  The Census Bureau is doubling down on its partnership with the Department of Homeland to ensure it’s prepared for a wide range of cyber threats facing the 2020 population count.

  Cybersecurity
  October 19, 2018
• GSA, House lawmakers renew clash over Trump’s role in FBI headquarters plans

  Five Democratic House lawmakers, citing newly released emails between agency officials, claim President Donald Trump played a significant role in the General Services Administration’s decision last year to keep the FBI headquarters in Washington — a claim that GSA disputes.

  Facilities/Construction
  October 18, 2018
• ‘Untangled’ contract data helped USPS OIG catch millions in fraud

  A USPS OIG data analytics shop of about 50 employees has been using the agency’s huge troves of data to detect fraud, waste and abuse that might otherwise go undetected. 

  Big Data
  October 17, 2018
• Is government’s ‘revolving door’ pushing out agency CIOs and CISOs?

  Mark Kneidinger, the deputy director of the Homeland Security Department’s new National Risk Management Center, expressed concerns Tuesday that the government’s “revolving door” has been expelling too many IT modernization leaders. 

  Hiring/Retention
  October 17, 2018
• Inspectors general, a good-government ‘experiment,’ celebrate 40 years of oversight

  When President Jimmy Carter signed the Inspector General Act on Oct. 12, 1978,  he saw the legislation as an olive branch to an American public that was still reeling from the resignation of President Richard Nixon. 

  Agency Oversight
  October 15, 2018
• VA, DLA give high marks to robotics processing automation

  For all the buzz around emerging technology in government, agency IT executives see an uncertain road ahead in looking for the next great innovation amid constrained budgets. 

  IT Modernization
  October 15, 2018
• Have 30 minutes to spare? Plenty of time to craft a winning TMF funding idea

  Come up with a great idea, draw up a business plan, then pitch it to a board of investors. Think of the Technology Management Fund board as Shark Tank for the federal government.

  IT Modernization
  October 12, 2018
• OMB’s Weichert: Government ‘paralyzed by the embarrassment of data’ it cannot use

  Just days after President Donald Trump named her the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, Margaret Weichert, also the Office of Management and Budget’s deputy director for management, outlined some of her top priorities in the new role.

  Big Data
  October 10, 2018
• Lawmaker confident IDEA Act will pass before end of lame-duck Congress

  Amid the Trump administration’s plans to transform the way the government approaches customer service, agencies and lawmakers are laying the groundwork to get that strategy off the ground.

  Legislation
  October 10, 2018
• Lawmakers challenge ‘floundering’ USPS privatization plan amid growing opposition

  With a majority of the House and nearly half the Senate pushing back on the Trump administration’s plan to privatize the Postal Service, postal employees across the country rallied Monday, calling on their lawmakers to scuttle the proposal.

  USPS Restructuring
  October 09, 2018
• Lawmakers, IGs seek upgrade for popular oversight website a year after rollout

  One year following the launch of Oversight.gov, a one-stop shop where users can reference more than 10,000 agency inspector general reports, the watchdog community sees an opportunity to grow the website.

  Agency Oversight
  October 05, 2018
• IRS commissioner Rettig seeks ‘rebuilding trust’ with taxpayers

  Faced with budget cuts, a reduced workforce, and aging computer systems, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig has outlined his strategy for leading the agency in an all-hands email to employees. 

  Agency Oversight
  October 04, 2018
• Census director nominee sees ‘confidence’ in cybersecurity preparations

  Steven Dillingham, the Trump administration’s pick to head up the Census Bureau, just 18 months out from the 2020 decennial count, faces the challenge of overseeing the first census that households can respond to online.

  Cybersecurity
  October 04, 2018
• Social Security nominee promises ‘top-to-bottom’ review of IT modernization plan

  President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Social Security Administration says he’ll take a top-to-bottom look at the agency’s five-year IT modernization plan, and will reexamine its growing disability backlog. 

  Agency Oversight
  October 02, 2018

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