Reporter's Notebook
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GSA, on behalf of the Defense Information Systems Agency, made a $296 million award for email-as-a-service to Dell Federal. GSA made the award to Dell June 19.
August 17, 2015 -
The real question GSA is trying to gather information on is whether the current cyber and information assurance SINs just need to be improved or if a new one is needed.
August 17, 2015 -
The first iteration of the cybersecurity dashboard under the continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) is scheduled to be released this month.
August 17, 2015 Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work tells the deputy chief management officer to come up with an implementation strategy for a “rationalized” Pentagon organizational chart.
August 10, 2015Can senior federal officials simply disappear? Judging from some recent departures of high-profile executives, you'd think so. Former Interior Business Center director Joe Ward joins the ever-growing list of senior executives who have moved or changed jobs or have been put on leave with little transparency from their agency. In his biweekly feature, "Inside the Reporter’s Notebook," executive editor Jason Miller writes about why the uncertainty of the whereabouts of Ward, and others like him, are part of a growing problem in government. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
July 27, 2015-
In this week's Inside the Reporter's Notebook, when someone goes on administrative leave, the rumor mill heats up across the federal community and agencies respond with the ubiquitous, “We can’t comment, it’s a personnel matter,” or “Yes, [fill in the person’s name] is still an employee at the agency and we have no other details."
July 27, 2015 -
In this week's "Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook," the Pentagon’s newest cyber organization, Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Networks (JFHQ-DoDIN) is poised to take a key step in its maturation over the next several week.
July 06, 2015 -
Inside the Reporter’s Notebook is a bi-weekly dispatch of news and information you may have missed or that slipped through the cracks at conferences, hearings and other events. This is not a column or commentary…
June 30, 2015 -
After four months during which there\'s been no permanent face at the podium in the Pentagon press briefing room, DoD has finally announced a new press secretary.
June 22, 2015 -
While Congress rails over cost overruns, the Pentagon says it\'s doing some work of its own to speed up its ponderous acquisition review and approval process.
June 22, 2015 -
The Senate packed a lot into its version of the 2016 Defense authorization bill before final passage Thursday afternoon, and in a notable break from recent history, the full package passed well before the start of the new fiscal year.
June 22, 2015 -
It only took 15 years for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance for agencies on how best to use reverse auctions. And when OFPP finally did on June 2, it was disappointing to say the least.
June 15, 2015 -
Setting the record straight on what exactly Stan Kaczmarczyk said on June 2 about the cloud cybersecurity effort known as Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP). There have been several blogs and some articles that either didn\'t understand or misconstrued his comments, which has set some in the federal community off in the wrong direction.
June 15, 2015 -
With all the focus on the OPM cyber breach, let\'s not overlook the simple fact that despite what some would call urgent and compelling needs, the government has rules and regulations that still need to be followed.
June 15, 2015 -
Ashton Carter has created an official Facebook account becoming the first Defense secretary ever to do so, the Pentagon said Friday.
June 01, 2015