Technology News

• Here is how Commerce is making shared services work

  Glenn Davidson, the former executive director of enterprise services at the Commerce, said after three years the agency is seeing better services and cost avoidance from consolidating IT, acquisition and HR services.

  Ask the CIO
  13 hours ago
• Warner: Lack of clarity on offensive cyber ‘downright dangerous’

  The Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat says the magnitude of cyber threats call for a recalibration of the Defense budget and at least some changes to how the rest of the government is organized.

  Cybersecurity
  14 hours ago
• Navy’s changes in education could have intellectual property implications

  The Navy secretary wants the service’s schools to research with industry.

  Navy
  December 07, 2018
• GSA names new head of Technology Transformation Service

  Anil Cheriyan, the former SunTrust Bank chief information officer, will take on his first stint in government.

  People
  December 07, 2018
• Oracle takes its JEDI protest to Court of Federal Claims

  After losing its case before the Government Accountability Office, Oracle is taking its protest of DoD’s huge cloud procurement to the Court of Federal Claims

  Defense News
  December 07, 2018
• Secret Service needs to upgrade its IT workforce

  Getting a top-notch IT crew takes real planning and strategy. The Secret Service has a lot of work to do there.

  Federal Drive
  December 07, 2018
• New report highlights Air Force mistakes in mass shooter’s background check

  In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department’s Inspector General says the Air Force missed certain steps that could have prevented last year’s mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

  Federal Newscast
  December 07, 2018
• Cloud, agile and IT modernization

  Tom Afferton, vice president of Civil Solutions at Northrop Grumman, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss IT modernization and how cloud migration, cyber protection and process automation are helping federal agencies meet customer needs. December 11, 2018

  Off the Shelf
  December 07, 2018
• VA’s telehealth program is already the largest in the nation. It’s about to get bigger

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with private sector companies to expand its growing telehealth program.

  Veterans Affairs
  December 06, 2018