The Defense Department is sending out review teams in September to evaluate selected data centers.
For its presidential transition planning work, the National Academy of Public Administration has convened a series of panels, which have with ideas and actions a new administration can take to make sure its policy goals actually happen. John Kamensky, senior fellow with the IBM Center for the Business of Government and chairman of the panel, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how strategic foresight can help.
Architect of the Capitol workers are entering the final stretch in their restoration of the U.S. Capitol Dome. Work needs to be finished by the January 2017 inauguration.
The national commission charged with coming up with ideas to reform the VA health care system is calling for "bold" changes. Its main proposals are vigorously opposed by the government's largest employee union.
The Defense Department is heading to Washington and California to bond with its partners and get IT news straight from tech companies' mouths.
GSA awarded two task orders to ManTech and Knowledge Consulting Group to provide continuous monitoring-as-a-service and privileged management services under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.
Lawmakers are offering the Modernizing Obsolete and Vulnerable Enterprise IT (MOVE-IT) Act as an alternative to the White House’s $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund proposal to help agencies update technology networks and applications.
Kate Josephs is leaving the PIC after two years, while NASA gets a new CISO in Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz.
Even though Congress is away for seven weeks, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's not too early to worry about a government shutdown.
The Social Security Administration has a new plan to modernize five major IT systems, to the tune of $300 million. SSA Chief Information Officer Robert Klopp said the agency could make headway on the plan within a year, as long as it gets the funding it needs from Congress. The House, however, is poised to cut SSA's budget by $250 million this year.
Rep. Mark Meadows wants to see improved reporting on the results of grants, both qualitative and quantitative, to reduce instances of waste within 60 days.
After three years on the Government Accountability Office's high risk list, a satellite program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made progress. But not enough. There's the risk of a launch delay and ongoing cybersecurity issues. Dave Powner, director of information technology management issues at GAO, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
David Mader, OMB’s controller, said the new policy guidance gives agencies until next spring to demonstrate how they are implementing enterprise risk management.
The Army is behind schedule on transitioning to Windows 10 by 2017. Legacy systems are partly to blame.
The House Oversight and Government Reform committee passed a series of bills during a July 12 markup hearing aimed at improving and reforming digital record-keeping practices and making federal agencies and oversight more efficient and accessible.