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Articles by Jory Heckman

• Upcoming DCOI guidance will ‘reduce and revise’ reporting requirements

  An update to the Office of Management and Budget’s guidance on its Data Center Optimization Initiative will include more back-and-forth between agencies and the administration on fair benchmarks.

  IT Modernization
  21 hours ago
• State Dept. ‘bookended’ by data accountability, workforce goals in pursuit of IT modernization

  Ken Rogers, the State Department’s acting deputy chief information officer of business management and planning, said the agency’s IT modernization strategy is bookended by two related goals – leveraging data as a strategic asset and building the IT workforce of the future.

  IT Modernization
  November 09, 2018
• Trump admin looks to overhaul Paperwork Reduction Act to ease customer service overhaul

  Despite the momentum gathering around the Trump administration’s priority around transforming customer service in government, agencies still face challenges getting feedback from the public under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).

  Agency Oversight
  November 09, 2018
• DHS deputy CIO sees opportunity in ‘elasticity’ of cloud amid data center consolidation effort

  The Department of Homeland Security cites the Office of Management and Budget’s new Cloud Smart strategy and an ongoing challenge to consolidate data centers as part of a larger rethinking around how it stores its data. 

  IT Modernization
  November 07, 2018
• How federal employees can become card-carrying experts on risk management

  The Office of Management and Budget raised the bar on enterprise risk management through an update to its Circular A-123 two years ago. Now federal employees can become card-carrying experts on the topic.

  Workforce
  November 06, 2018
• Census look to identify ‘misperceptions,’ barriers to participation in 2020 count

  The Census Bureau looks to correct the record on fears and common misconceptions the public has shared about the upcoming population count. 

  Agency Oversight
  November 05, 2018
• Judge denies Trump’s request to delay emoluments lawsuit

  A lawsuit challenging whether President Donald Trump, under the Constitution, can benefit from foreign governments doing business with his Washington hotel can forward after a federal judge denied a Justice Department request to stay the lawsuit on Friday. 

  Agency Oversight
  November 02, 2018
• National Risk Management Center huddles with industry on critical cyber functions

  More than 90 days out the launch of the National Risk Management Center, the team behind the center is staffing up and looking for a headquarters space.

  Cybersecurity
  November 02, 2018
• The price is right? HHS expects AI will save $2 billion in smarter bulk purchases

  The Department of Health and Human Services expects artificial intelligence will help ensure it’s paying the lowest price possible for bulk purchases of everyday items like copy paper and medical examination gloves.

  Artificial Intelligence
  November 01, 2018
• Federal CIO hints at upcoming programs to recruit, retrain cyber talent

  The Trump administration plans to take a closer look at recruiting entry-level talent and retraining the existing IT workforce in the coming months as part of its strategy to stand up its IT modernization agenda.

  Workforce
  October 31, 2018
• Why a FOIA workforce shortage? Employees may see work as ‘punishment’

  Agencies receive more Freedom of Information Act requests now than ever before. But their workforces haven’t kept up with the growing demand.

  Open Data/Transparency
  October 30, 2018
• PHOTOS: Amid mail bomb threat, Postal Service employees served as ‘eyes and ears’ of law enforcement

  National security leadership thanked postal employees and their partners in the Postal Inspection Service on Friday for work that led to the arrest of a suspect charged with allegedly sending 13 improvised explosive devices through the mail.

  Workforce
  October 26, 2018
• Do agencies need an ‘awakening’ about what their data is worth?

  The Trump Administration has a governmentwide data strategy in the works, but agencies don’t always understand the value of the information at their disposal.

  Big Data
  October 26, 2018
• National Risk Management Center aims to ‘build on small things’ before broadening in scope

  Chris Krebs of the National Protection and Programs Directorate described the National Risk Management Center as one half of a two-pronged approach to cybersecurity.

  Cybersecurity
  October 25, 2018

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