Reporter's Notebook
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Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.
January 09, 2017 -
The Office of Management and Budget issued two more memos, focusing on personal data breach response requirements and industry and vendor communications.
January 09, 2017 -
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
December 19, 2016 -
The Small Business Administration issued a memo in October stating all task and delivery orders between $3,000 and $150,000 under the GSA schedule are to be set-aside for small businesses if two or more are qualified.
December 19, 2016 -
Federal News Radio is highlighting the top Reporter’s Notebook stories of 2016 based on reader’s interest and overall story impact.
December 19, 2016 -
Federal IT Dashboard data compiled exclusively for Federal News Radio shows the average time it takes an agency to complete an IT program to is 1,018 days and the average cost is $23.2 million per program. Both of these data points demonstrate the need to change how CIOs and mission owners measure project success.
December 15, 2016 -
Dave Mader, the controller, will be the second of the Office of Management and Budget's key management leaders to leave ahead of the end of the Obama administration. CMS chief data officer Niall Brennan also is moving on.
December 12, 2016 -
Beyond the federal scorecard, DHS and State provide details on how IT reforms are impacting their respective agencies.
December 12, 2016 -
The General Services Administration awarded a $149 million contract to IBM to modernize its HR systems, instead of using a federal shared services provider.
December 05, 2016 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is trying again to promote communication between acquisition workers and vendors as early as possible in the contracting process.
December 05, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department is holding a virtual hiring fair this week for recent college graduates and interns through the Pathways program.
December 05, 2016 -
If all goes according to plan, the Defense Department is a few weeks away from releasing new guidance on how it buys and builds business IT systems.
November 21, 2016 -
Across the cabinet agencies, 10 chief information officers are politically appointed. The question continues to come up every four years whether these senior IT executives need to be career or political.
November 14, 2016 -
The 2017 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) guidance to agencies redefines what constitutes a major cyber incident for a third time in the last decade.
November 14, 2016 -
The General Services Administration and the Homeland Security Department awarded CGI Federal a task order for the Credentials and Authentication Management (CRED) under phase 2 of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.
November 14, 2016