Full implementation of the DATA Act is at risk if the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget don't start keeping better tabs on agencies and their spending reports, says the Government Accountability Office.
Early adopters hail the potential of Internet of Things, but no one is willing to commit until some very serious challenges are overcome and certain policies are put in place governmentwide.
David Egts, chief technologist, North America Public Sector at Red Hat, will discuss cloud migration, and how open source and Red Hat have helped several agencies achieve that transition. July 26, 2016
Health care IT experts and members of the communication sector say 5G, the next generation of wireless, can improve the medical field for patients and providers.
Ivor D’Souza, the chief information officer of the National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine, said an interagency effort to cut the time it takes to connect the dots during an outbreak is paying off.
Hillary Clinton's technology and innovation initiative pledges a more modern and open digital government. The policy plan also supports the creation of more STEM jobs and increased internet access.
Karen Neuman, the Homeland Security Department’s chief privacy officer, will step down at the end of July after three years on the job.
Keith Wilson, the chief information officer of Federal Student Aid in the Education Department, said the FSA-ID portal is getting a facelift one year after it launched.
The General Services Administration issued the final rule around data transaction reporting requiring vendors under the schedules contracts and governmentwide acquisition contracts to provide more detailed information about what agencies are buying.
Four years after launching the General Fund Enterprise Business System, Project Manager Col. Matt Russell said that most users in the organization have fully adopted it, and it’s time to focus on upgrades.
Deborah Pierre-Louis, director of IT Security Policy, Liaison, and Training, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Department of State, discusses cybersecurity training, perimeter-based security, and security by design. June 14, 2016
Wayne Lewandowski, Vormetric’s vice president of federal operations, makes the case for agencies to embrace and prioritize encryption and privileged access controls to better secure their data.
The White House Transition Coordinating Council (WHTCC) will hold its first meeting June 9.
Dr. Steve Bennett, principal product marketing consultant at SAS, joins host John Gilroy to discuss biosurveillance, big data, old fashioned analytics, predictive analytics and advanced analytics. June 7, 2016
Homeland Security Investigations said it's found a way to save precious time and resources for agents and investigators who sift through mass amounts of data and images for the unit's child exploitation cases.