Digital IT Modernization

CIO Guy Cavallo and deputy CIO Melvin Brown are bringing the lessons they learned from the Small Business Administration to change OPM’s culture, modernize its technology and address long-standing workforce issues.

From industry to government agencies, the impacts of the Apache Log4j vulnerability have been felt globally. The U.S. public sector has become especially vulnerable due to the magnitude of applications within agencies’ networks, its lack of resources and funding, and its involvement in escalating foreign conflicts.

The Association of Government Accountants will release its 10th annual survey of inspector generals in the coming months with a focus on the impact of the pandemic on the audit community.

If the Senate confirms her, the White House’s nominee for national archivist said the veterans’ record request backlog would be the “most important discrete problem” facing her.

The federal government is all in on a zero trust approach. Continued migration to the cloud; the move to mobile and bring-your-own-device; the convergence of IT, operational technology and Internet of Things; and the sharp increase in remote working due to the pandemic have changed how the government must approach cybersecurity.

We know telehealth expanded a lot during the pandemic. Now we know how much. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has pulled together data showing that in the first year (2020) more than 28 million Medicare beneficiaries received telehealth services.

If the widely touted fifth generation communications network is to fulfill its promise, it needs a better antenna. Now researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed an antenna they call a game changer for 5G and military communications.

Challenges still exist in securing critical infrastructure against cyber attacks.