Technology

  • Responding to cyber penetrations into federal IT systems at the Office of Personnel Management and elsewhere, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Wednesday that it was launching a “comprehensive” and governmentwide counterintelligence campaign.

    September 10, 2015
  • Congressman Will Hurd (R-Texas), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on IT, said he will use the FITARA scorecard currently under development to hold agencies accountable. He promised hearings on both FITARA and the OPM data breach this fall.

    September 10, 2015
  • Federal CIO Tony Scott said because of the wide-spread use of legacy IT systems, agencies should consider a similar approach to cybersecurity to one that manufacturers use when addressing product defects.

    September 10, 2015
  • The Internet of Things may change the way the Postal Service does business but not in the way it looks on the surface. The Internet of Things may take the Postal Service beyond technology like real-time package tracking. Paola Piscioneri, director of global and digital at the office of Inspector General at the U.S. Postal Service, tells In Depth with Francis Rose how the technology is already helping organizations like the postal service.

    September 09, 2015
  • There is a wealth of government data that could be used to make HR programs far more effective, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal.

    September 09, 2015
  • Joanne Woytek, program manager for NASA SEWP V, joins host Roger Waldron to give us an update of the program, which is off to a fast start since being awarded in May. September 8, 2015

    September 08, 2015
  • Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro said he's committed to improving HUD’s IT environment and its tools for monitoring program and financial performance.

    September 08, 2015
  • Shadow IT, the stuff that's on a network that leadership doesn't know is on the network, plagues agencies across government. Shawn Kingsberry, former chief information officer at the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and director of cloud solutions at Engility Inc., tells In Depth with Francis Rose the shadow IT concept is starting to seep into the bring-your-own-device arena.

    September 08, 2015