Technology

  • A closer look shows that public clouds are not always less expensive than on-premise solutions and are not a panacea for controlling IT costs. This is especially the case with transactional systems, where the application is on-premise and the data is in the public cloud.

    December 05, 2023
  • Across the country, crimes involving elder abuse and elder neglect routinely go unreported. But even when those cases are not immediately reported to police, there can often be clues in Medicare and Medicaid data. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) already looks for those signs in claims data. But a recent IG audit found a lot more cases that could have been reported to state and local authorities if CMS had done a more rigorous analysis. Curtis Roy is a regional inspector general with the Health and Human Services IG’s office. Richard Miller is an assistant regional inspector general. They talked with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu about their findings, on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    December 05, 2023
  • In the hopes of boosting employee retention, the Office of Personnel Management launched a new platform for agencies to advertise openings in a cyber workforce rotation program.

    December 05, 2023
  • Herb Kelsey, the Project Fort Zero Team Leader at Dell Technologies, said agencies have the opportunity to focus on the policy and process side and not the technology piece of the zero trust architecture.

    December 04, 2023
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs is outlining plans to conduct a full review of its website, after discovering technical problems that may have delayed disability claims for more than 100,000 veterans.

    December 04, 2023
  • The intelligence community's "public-private talent exchange" will start with an initial cohort of IC officers doing rotational assignments at companies in the space sector.

    December 04, 2023
  • Starting with a journey map based on an HCD methodology is crucial. This approach can enable the data to be used for insights beyond individual medical treatment, including how a researcher may use this data to inform how it’s stored or what groups can access it.  

    December 04, 2023
  • here has been a significant achievement for DoD’s Space Development Agency. Last month, SDA demonstrated it could use a communication system called Link 16 between ground stations and its new network of low-earth orbiting satellites. It is the first time the ubiquitous military communication protocol has ever been used in space. For more on why that matters and what it means, Federal News Network Deputy Editor Jared Serbu talked with Jennifer Elzea, SDA's Director of Strategic Engagement on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    December 04, 2023