FITARA

FILE - This Friday Jan. 11, 2013 file photo of a member of the Cybercrime Center as he turns on the light in a lab during a media tour at the occasion of the official opening of the Cybercrime Center at Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. Criminals have spotted a new business opportunity with the coronavirus pandemic and are now plundering the needy and the fearful and even disrupting the medical sector, online and off, with fraud, counterfeit products and cybercrime, a report issued Friday by the European law enforcement agency Europol says. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

A new mechanism to help agencies avoid buying counterfeit products

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies will have a new weapon in the battle against counterfeit or fraudulent products.

Federal Newscast

DHS

When it comes to federal procurement expertise, she’s the go-to person

People

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2019 file photo, former Republican congressman Darrell Issa speaks during a news conference in El Cajon, Calif. The race to fill the vacated seat of former Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California has turned into a GOP slugfest. Hunter held one of the party's few remaining House seats in California before he pleaded guilty to a corruption charge and resigned last month. The race to replace him has been especially bitter between the Republican front-runners, former congressman Issa and San Diego radio host and political commentator Carl DeMaio. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Idea to reduce the number of CIOs per agency reemerges

Reporter's Notebook

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FILE- In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. On Wednesday, April 10, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for March. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

When it comes to the data center debate, time to fish or cut bait

Reporter's Notebook

The improved Technology Modernization Fund needs other reinforcement

Commentary

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Who is a CDO’s boss? Survey finds mixed role in agency hierarchy

Big Data

The best tool CIOs can use to improve FITARA scores: Integrated Plan Management Software

Federal Insights

Breaking down FITARA’s cyber scores: How do we raise the grade?

Commentary

In 2020, VA CIO finally received oversight over all IT spending despite 2015 law requiring it

Right before the fifth anniversary of FITARA, VA gave its chief information officer the control over all IT spending across departments, leaving just four…

Reporter's Notebook

Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

MSPB extending mandatory telework until next month

In today’s Federal Newscast, while many agencies are setting reopening dates in early to mid-June to bring an initial wave of employees back to the office,…

Federal Newscast

Ann Dunkin, former CIO of the Environmental Protection Agency and Santa Clara County, California.

Ann Dunkin: From schools to EPA to county gov’t

Ask the CIO: SLED

Ann Dunkin’s career included CIO positions at Palo Alto school district, Environmental Protection Agency and Santa Clara County, California.

FITARA

A new mechanism to help agencies avoid buying counterfeit products

When it comes to federal procurement expertise, she’s the go-to person

Idea to reduce the number of CIOs per agency reemerges

When it comes to the data center debate, time to fish or cut bait

The improved Technology Modernization Fund needs other reinforcement

Who is a CDO’s boss? Survey finds mixed role in agency hierarchy

The best tool CIOs can use to improve FITARA scores: Integrated Plan Management Software

Education pushes back, OPM opens up during FITARA hearing

EPA settles dispute with Utah over Gold King Mine spill

White House aims to limit foreign labor federal contractors can use

Breaking down FITARA’s cyber scores: How do we raise the grade?

In 2020, VA CIO finally received oversight over all IT spending despite 2015 law requiring it

MSPB extending mandatory telework until next month

Ann Dunkin: From schools to EPA to county gov’t