Reporter's Notebook
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The Agriculture Department issued a new policy that requires employees to be in the office at least four days per week thus limiting telework to two days per pay period.
January 16, 2018 -
GSA, OMB held a listening session for federal employees, contractors to begin to develop an implementation plan for an e-commerce portal.
January 16, 2018 -
Mike Hermus and Jeanne Etzel are leaving as the Homeland Security Department’s CTO and senior IT adviser, respectively.
January 16, 2018 -
Federal News Radio obtained a draft of an executive order seeking to give CIOs new hiring authorities and IT governance.
January 08, 2018 -
Two vendors expanded the scope of the bid protests of GSA’s $50 billion IT services multiple award contract by going to federal court.
January 08, 2018 -
News about DoD’s Common Access Card, IT modernization and cybersecurity were the most popular notebook items last year.
January 08, 2018 -
Industry and former federal executives say the Trump administration’s plans for IT modernization have matured.
December 18, 2017 -
The White House wants to bring experts in cloud, user design and analytics in to help agencies replace legacy systems.
December 18, 2017 -
The Defense Department has several tests planned for 2018 for different biometric modalities.
December 18, 2017 -
New data from Bloomberg Government shows agencies spent more than $1.8 billion on cloud services last year.
December 11, 2017 -
House lawmakers asked for cyber assurances from Veterans Affairs executives as the agency implements its new electronic health record.
December 11, 2017 -
Kirit Amin joins the ranks of CIOs leaving government after three years at the International Trade Commission.
December 11, 2017 -
A new effort under the Unified Shared Services Office and led by the Office of Personnel Management seeks to simplify how agencies and vendors alike view HR functions.
December 04, 2017 -
GAO wrote a blunt assessment of its decision to ban Latvian Connection from filing complaints for two years.
December 04, 2017 -
FEMA’s David Grant announced he’s retiring in January after 34 years of federal service, while Kevin Gates is leaving the House Armed Services Committee.
December 04, 2017