CIO Council

Microsoft working with CISA on assessment tool for cloud security configurations

The minimum security configurations should help agencies better secure widely used business applications.

Cybersecurity

Governmentwide chat, calendar collaboration tools coming in 2022

IT Modernization

A waiter checks clients' health passes at a restaurant in Ascain, southwestern France, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. People in France are now required to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass to enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Agencies get new guidance for securing mobile devices on international travel

Cybersecurity

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Senator looking into potential pay abuse at ATF

Federal Newscast

Pre-pandemic CIO Council report nearly predicted SD-WAN’s usefulness to agencies

Technology

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CIO Council reawakens push to use Technology Business Management standards

Reporter's Notebook

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VA says it’s now closer to offer more coronavirus testing to its employees

Federal Newscast

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CIO Council recommends new pay system to better recruit, retain future federal IT workforce

Workforce

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, photograph, monitors check their screens in the Governor's Office of Information Technology in downtown Denver. Some cybersecurity professionals are concerned that insurance policies designed to limit the damage of ransomware attacks might actually be encouraging hackers. “We don’t know what that ransom payment is going to fund,” said Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the office. “As a state government, we don’t want to be in a position of funding cyberterrorists.” (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Ensuring the federal IT workforce of the future

Federal Newscast

USDA candidate development program priming next class of CIOs and CISOs

SES

FILE- This March 11, 2019 file photo, shows the north entrance of the Trump International in Washington. A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by members of Congress that charged that President Donald Trump has illegally profited off the presidency. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)

Trump organization asks for rent reduction and Congress has questions

Federal Newscast

GSA’s Shive elevated to new CIO Council role

David Shive, the General Services Administration’s chief information officer, replaced former Justice Department CIO Joe Klimavicz, who retired from federal…

CIO News

A chart of data breaches is shown on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, as witnesses testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform committee's hearing on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

OPM has yet to fix issues with contracts to help 2015 data breach victims

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general says the agency is not keeping a good enough eye on the companies its…

Federal Newscast

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Tennessee cloud smart; exGAO’s Powner compares Fed vs State CIO model

Ask the CIO: SLED

NASCIO host Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon explained her role at this year’s annual fall conference and highlighted her state’s 2020 priorities. Plus former GAO IT leader Dave Powner explained how federal government can learn valuable lessons from state IT experiences, all on Ask the CIO: SLED Edition.