Defense Information Systems Agency
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Federal employees working from home largely report being more productive than when they go into the office, and while large-scale oversight efforts from the Government Accountability Office have only just started, GAO has acknowledged that it’s also seeing improvements from its own employees.
June 18, 2020 -
DoD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is in a hurry to move its software development to an enterprise cloud platform. The Air Force's Cloud One is the next-best option for now.
May 26, 2020 -
DISA, GSA and industry issues dominated the 10 most read Reporter’s Notebook stories in 2019. The common theme across many of the stories is how agencies are setting the table for bigger changes in 2020.
December 27, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Information Systems Agency are thinking beyond passwords when it comes to network security, and taking a step in identity management that has long been contemplated in government, but not actually implemented.
August 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week directing federal agencies to cut at least one-third of all federal advisory committees.
June 18, 2019 -
Government innovation happens. But do people like it when it does?
May 29, 2019 -
The Defense Department awarded a $75 million other transaction agreement to Perspecta, the contractor it hired a year ago to construct a separate piece of the National Background Investigation System.
May 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, in their annual report to Congress, Social Security Administration trustees said they expect total costs to exceed income next year, and in all the years beyond that.
April 23, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department will pilot a faster approach to discretionary suspension and debarment with its Inspector General and its Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.
April 22, 2019 -
In 2020, DISA will assume responsibility for the vast majority of the IT operations in DoD's "fourth estate," leading to major transfers of funding and personnel.
April 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers appears to have been stolen from websites affiliated with alumni of the FBI’s National Academy.
April 16, 2019 -
Steve Wallace, a systems innovation scientist in the Emerging Technology Directorate at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the agency soon will choose vendors to develop a prototype to protect the network and data from attacks that come through web browsers.
March 25, 2019 -
The Navy wants vendors to prototype an entirely new network architecture that would give its users more direct pathways to the cloud services.
March 05, 2019 -
The Trump administration said it sees 2019 as the year it plans to win the public's trust and establish familiarity with the federal workforce that it's up to the task of deploying artificial intelligence, robotics and other new technology.
March 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, more time has been given for companies to come up with new ideas for the security clearance process.
March 04, 2019