Reporter's Notebook
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The Air Force’s Cloud One program faces a protest by Leidos, while the Army names a new project manager for data and the CIO Council upgrades its website for the first time since 2017.
September 30, 2019 -
Several recent updates to federal IT policies opened the door for OMB to consider how the concept of agile for federal regulations could work, while the IBM Center for the Business of Government and NAPA are looking at this approach too.
September 30, 2019 -
Kshemendra Paul joined the Veterans Affairs Department as its new chief data officer after spending the last almost three years at the Homeland Security Department. Meanwhile, SBA hires Bill Hunt from OMB and Labor promotes a new deputy CIO.
September 23, 2019 -
Michael Wooten, the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said his priorities are centered around building on existing efforts like category management, upskilling the workforce, unlocking technology to create innovation and harnessing acquisition data to turn it into business intelligence.
September 23, 2019 -
The ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force at DHS issued four recommendations for how agencies and industry can address threats.
September 23, 2019 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is getting out of the smart identity card issuance business by moving its 500,000 employees to GSA’s shared service.
September 17, 2019 -
The Agriculture Department is taking over the development and implementation of its Centers of Excellence IT modernization initiatives after learning from contractors and GSA staff over the past 18 months.
September 17, 2019 -
Anne Neuberger, the director of cybersecurity at NSA, said the new cybersecurity directorate is expected to reach initial operational capability on Oct. 1 and full operational capability by Dec. 31.
September 09, 2019 -
DHS, the CIA and DoD are finding innovative ways to hire, train and retain employees with expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing and other hard-to-fill technology skillsets.
September 09, 2019 -
Jimmy Jones, who spent the last 20 years in federal service at the departments of Education, Interior and Transportation and the Recovery Board, is one of several people on the move in the federal IT and acquisition community.
September 03, 2019 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been waiting since January for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in OMB to finish its review of the new and expanded privacy controls in SP 800-53, Revision 5.
September 03, 2019 -
The Interior Department awards a $94 million contract to move its email to Microsoft O365, while DHS will release its solicitation for FirstSource III in January.
August 26, 2019 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement, the National Defense Industrial Association and the Professional Services Council say the interim final rule published Aug. 13 needs some clarity around False Claims Act liability.
August 26, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security released a solicitation through its Commercial Solutions Opening pilot to see if vendors have artificial intelligence tools to improve the Contractor Performance Assessment Retrieval System (CPARS) process.
August 19, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Support Center is not answering the phone or email for many of its customers and decided it doesn’t have the authority to transfer contracts back to their home agencies.
August 19, 2019