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VA will award a contract for human resources services to a private sector cloud provider later this year. GSA still is in the planning stages, while the Coast Guard is refreshing its HR system that has been in a private cloud since 2003. OMB listed HR systems as a possible function to move to a shared service provider in 2012.
Cyber criminals have targeted a cloud-based payroll service in Canada in an effort to steal authentication information, according to a new report in PC World.
A British blogger has found a security hole in Facebook's mobile apps for Android and iPhone, which can be used to steal personal information.
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The White House launched a new "Do Not Pay" tool on Thursday to prevent improper payments to individuals and companies. Agency heads must submit plans to adopt the tool by June 30.
The Department of Health and Human Services says new federal laws designed to fight medicare fraud are paying dividends. HHS says it recovered 4.1 billion dollars in fraudulent claims last year. And the number of fraud prosecutions was up 75 percent compared with fiscal year 2008. HHS also revoked almost 5,000 Medicaid providers and 57,000 Medicare providers, and used computerized edits to stop more than 200 million dollars in implausible claims before they went out the door, and turned into improper payments.
The Defense Department is just weeks away from launching its own internal app store for DoD users. And along with the store, the Pentagon is promising a faster securing approval process to bring more consumer mobile devices into military use. The new store is part of DoD's first ever department-wide framework for mobile devices, being led by the Defense Information Systems Agency. DISA says the store will take a federated approach, and let the military services aggregate their work on mobile applications all in one place.
David Powner, GAO's Director of Information Technology Issues, said the problem is not that IRS does not have enough funding for technology — the problem is the agency is still relying on antiquated systems.
The White House announced several initiatives to improve energy security for the military.
A national cyber defense championship is ramping up in Texas. At stake are not only bragging rights, but lucrative job offers from private companies, government agencies and the Defense Department.
The Army and DISA will release a broad agency announcement this summer seeking third party software to secure smartphones and tablet computers. The Marine Corps is looking at host of different possibilities to secure mobile devices, including a process to verify the software code in apps.
The Defense Department aims to spend $60 million in new procurements to sort out its data deluge. The Pentagon already spends $250 million annually on research projects under the heading of "big data."
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reworked its relationship with Microsoft. CIO Roger Baker told In Depth that while daily operations won't change for VA employees, other vendors may be on the chopping block.
The Hacker group Anonymous appears to be planning attacks on companies and elected officials that support certain cybersecurity legislation. So far, hackers have claimed credit for taking down the websites of Boeing, TechAmerica and USTelecom over the past few days.
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