Reporter's Notebook
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The last 15 years of federal agency IT modernization seems to be culminating under the Biden administration due to a perfect combination of technology maturation, pandemic's impact and real funding from Congress.
April 19, 2021 -
The new customer base for AAFES, NEX and MCX outlets will include currently-serving DoD and Coast Guard civilians and retirees.
April 19, 2021 -
President Joe Biden plans to nominate two former members of the NSA to lead CISA and the new White House cyber director office.
April 13, 2021 -
Two agencies are attempting to improve the Contractor Performance Assessment Retrieval System (CPARS) process, which many say isn’t working as intended.
April 12, 2021 -
Vendors on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions program say solicitations and awards picked up pace over the last few months, but some are taking much longer than necessary putting the transition at risk.
April 08, 2021 -
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body named Matt Travis, the former deputy director at CISA, as its new CEO as part of the program’s continued growth.
April 05, 2021 -
The ZTE, Huawei ban is proving challenging for vendors doing business in countries where China-built networks are almost literally the only way to connect to the rest of the world.
March 29, 2021 -
In a new campaign plan, the sea services say teaming traditional systems with unmanned ones will let them "rewrite the narrative" of maritime warfare.
March 22, 2021 -
The General Services Administration released a request for information to gather feedback on its new services contract called BIC MAC—Best-in-Class Multiple Award Contract.
March 09, 2021 -
The Senate approved $650 million for agency cybersecurity upgrades, and another $350 million for the U.S. Digital Service and the Federal Citizen Services Fund to address workforce and other modernization needs.
March 08, 2021 -
The Defense Contract Management Agency is reexamining several of its past decisions to reimburse contractors. That's after the DoD inspector general found DCMA overruled the findings of incurred cost audits without adequate explanation.
March 08, 2021 -
New chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee could help break the 20-year IT modernization blockade.
March 02, 2021 -
A draft manager’s amendment obtained by Federal News Network shows the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee also includes $650 million for CISA and $200 million for the USDS.
March 02, 2021 -
Vice Adm. Nancy Norton retired after 34 years in military service, including spending the last three years as the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
March 01, 2021 -
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is telling the military services to stand up new violence prevention workforces, identify "high risk" bases and assess their own compliance with existing policies meant to stop sexual assault.
March 01, 2021