IT Modernization
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The White House said Kurt DelBene will be the nominee to be the assistant secretary for information and technology and CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
November 05, 2021 -
Now tech vendor Cisco reports a sharp rise in the use of biometrics and other forms of multi-factor login, and greater interest by IT executives to move past passwords altogether.
November 04, 2021 -
EO 14028 calls for changing contracting language to require greater data storage and logging as a way to improve the sharing of threat information between service providers and federal partners.
November 03, 2021 -
The Air Force's Office of Financial Management and Comptroller is making lots of moves to improve its IT, including developing a new acquisition strategy, hiring a CDO, implementing automation and addressing ICAM issues.
November 02, 2021 -
About 83% of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs' initial go-live site in Spokane, Washington, say their morale has worsened due to the electronic health record implementation over the last year. VA is eyeing February as its target for deploying the EHR to its second site.
November 02, 2021 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency annual forecast to industry day highlighted several upcoming contract opportunities, but more importantly laid out the path the agency is heading for the next year.
November 02, 2021 -
Former VA deputy CIO Ed Meagher lays out things Secretary Denis McDonough needs to consider to avoid this looming catastrophe for the Veterans Affairs electronic health record modernization effort.
November 01, 2021 -
Tim Jones, regional vice president of Systems Engineering, Public Sector, at ForeScout Technologies, joined host John Gilroy on Federal Tech Talk to discuss the world of Operational Technology.
November 01, 2021 -
The State Department is building up its cybersecurity and IT expertise, and addressing workforce morale issues as part of a sweeping modernization of the agency.
October 27, 2021 -
At GAO's Innovation Lab, which is designed to be a practioner of new computational capacity, identity verification is a major issue.
October 26, 2021 -
The Food and Drug Administration is giving employees a chance to learn data skills through hands-on projects, with less emphasis on traditional classrooms and coursework.
October 26, 2021 -
HHS' artificial intelligence strategy aims to promote AI adoption, and to ensure that algorithms are fair, legal and ethical.
October 21, 2021 -
Zero trust is the cybersecurity goal federal agencies have for their networks and data. It’s a policy requirement, and it’s an industry best practice. But zero trust is not something you buy, download and install. “Zero trust is really a security philosophy and approach that's built on a few core principles,” said Jason Garbis, the chief product officer for Appgate.
October 19, 2021 -
The nine appropriations bills that Senate Democrats unveiled Monday are silent on the topic of federal pay, meaning they'll defer to the president's recommendation for a 2.7% raise for employees in 2022.
October 19, 2021 -
Cheryl Davis, senior director for Strategic Initiatives at Oracle, joined host Roger Waldron on Off the Shelf to discuss the many cybersecurity challenges facing contractors and the federal government.
October 19, 2021