Reporter's Notebook
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members were not happy with the continued slow or lack of progress in implementing the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).
May 29, 2018 -
The Homeland Security Department issued a Binding Operational Directive requiring every civilian agency to expand how it manages high value assets.
May 29, 2018 -
An unusually active last few weeks in the federal IT community brings changes in executive positions at DHS, EPA, GSA and USDA.
May 29, 2018 -
Former federal cyber executives say the NSC’s decision to consolidate the cyber coordinator role sends the wrong signal publicly.
May 21, 2018 -
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy said starting for next fiscal year it will run a pilot where the agency would publish its statements of work after award using e-Buy.
May 21, 2018 -
DOT Chief Information Officer Vicki Hildebrand is moving from the listening to planning stage to consolidate and modernize technology services.
May 21, 2018 -
The White House is considering two executive orders and lawmakers are adding provisions to bills trying to limit agency exposure to Chinese made technology.
May 14, 2018 -
Roger Stanton, the assistant director of the insider threat office for the FBI, said the two technology platforms will help create a better culture of collaboration.
May 14, 2018 -
Industry associations’ concerns grow about e-commerce portal with language in the 2019 Defense Authorization bill.
May 14, 2018 -
Industry says the Defense Digital Service is wedded to an approach to move to commercial cloud and the lack of open and transparent discussions is causing concerns.
May 07, 2018 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy determined each category should target 13 percent-to-50 percent of their spending to small firms.
May 07, 2018 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy details new goals for category management in version 3 of the governmentwide strategy.
April 30, 2018 -
OMB’s 2017 FISMA report to Congress highlighted several areas where agencies have improved the security of their data and networks.
April 30, 2018 -
The Department of Navy outlined its plan for the new CIO organization with new roles for four executives.
April 30, 2018 -
Federal CIO Suzette Kent said four agency proposals are among the first set of finalists to get some of the $100 million Technology Modernization Fund.
April 23, 2018