Reporter's Notebook
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The Office of Management and Budget is close to finalizing Circular A-123, which will require an enterprise approach to risk management.
May 16, 2016 -
Objections to the use of lowest-price technically acceptable for contracts are growing, including Booz Allen Hamilton and CACI protests of DISA’s $17.5 billion ENCORE III solicitation and a new bill from two senators to restrict when the military uses this type of contract.
May 09, 2016 -
Both agencies are using different portfolio management approaches to better oversee and control spending on commodity technology.
May 09, 2016 -
A new report by the federal chief technology officer highlights the power of big data while also emphasizing the need to consider its ethical implications.
May 09, 2016 -
Commerce, USDA, Transportation demonstrate augmented role of CIO to manage significant projects and make much-needed change.
May 02, 2016 -
Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), chairman and ranking member of the Small Business Committee respectively, wrote a letter to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth in early April asking for more details on how GSA is ensuring category management doesn’t impact small businesses.
May 02, 2016 -
Steve Grewal joined the General Services Administration as its new deputy chief information officer after spending the last four years at the Education Department.
May 02, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department launched a new type of red team effort where they break into an agencies' networks over the next 90 days and help them make long-term, sustainable fixes.
April 25, 2016 -
New reports by the agency’s inspector general and a private company, called Security Scorecard, both highlight the space agency’s struggles around management and to control malware on their network.
April 25, 2016 -
The nation’s highest court is hearing arguments over a False Claims Act lawsuit that could have long-term implications on federal contractors.
April 25, 2016 -
Kristin Seaver steps in to the CIO and executive vice president roles after spending the last two-plus years working as the vice president of area operations for the Capital Metro Area.
April 25, 2016 -
The White House sent its legislative proposal to Capitol Hill and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) plans on introducing legislation based on that proposal this week.
April 11, 2016 -
As the White House decides who should be the first federal chief information security officer, current and former federal cyber executives offer insights into what the role should look like.
April 11, 2016 -
Rep. Derek Kilmer is set to introduce a new bill that would change all references to E-Government administrator to the Federal CIO.
April 11, 2016 -
Terry Halvorsen, the Defense Department’s chief information officer, now plans to be much more “prescriptive” about what each military service and DoD component must do to rein in their costs.
April 11, 2016