Legacy systems

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, visitors wearing mask to protect from the coronavirus walk past a 5G sign at the China Beijing International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

5G a chance for agency improvement — slowly but surely

From a security perspective, the deployment of new equipment, software and virtualized technology to manage communications networks and carrying over some…

Technology

FILE - This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. It’s the time of year to start thinking about taxes - what's ahead and what can be done now to manage. But the upcoming tax filing season is going to be trickier for many Americans due to rampant unemployment, working from home and general upheaval due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

IRS sends Congress $4B ‘aspirational vision’ to overhaul taxpayer services

Agency Oversight

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Congresswoman wants to make sure Trump administration preserves records

Federal Newscast

AP/Cliff Owen

Biden facing some pushback for Defense secretary pick

Federal Newscast

Using AI, automation to bolster network capacity planning

Commentary

Massachusetts unemployment surge no problem for modernized system

Ask the CIO: SLED

NIST

NIST issuing revised draft of zero trust guidance for public comment

Cybersecurity

Federal agencies with legacy systems should still secure them from attacks

Federal Drive

DHS gets kudos for management reforms

In today’s Federal Newscast, auditors at the Government Accountability Office say the Homeland Security Department has made considerable progress towards…

Federal Newscast