MITRE

CDO Council gets tips on how to recruit talent, share data across agencies

The CDO Council asked for suggestions on a range of topics, including how best to upskill federal employees to learn data skills and share federal data…

Big Data

Technology Modernization Fund board reviewing just under 100 proposals

Reporter's Notebook

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Attempted poisoning of Tampa’s water is a signal – we must act

Commentary

(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety via AP)

In this frame grab from video provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), taken in 2015, a vehicle closes in on a Strikeable Surrogate Vehicle (SSV) at the IIHS Vehicle Research Center in Ruckersville, Va. Federal regulators and the auto industry are taking a more lenient approach than safety advocates would like to phasing in automatic braking systems for passenger cars, according to the official records of their closed-door negotiations. Systems that automatically apply brakes to prevent or mitigate collisions, rather than waiting for the driver to act, are the most important safety technology available today that’s not already required in cars. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety via AP)

MITRE, NHTSA expanding partnership with more transportation data sets

Technology

Experts hope next administration will take advantage of data-driven innovations

Technology

Nonprofit’s new Center for Data Driven Policy tries to forecast impacts

Technology

Education pushes back, OPM opens up during FITARA hearing

Reporter's Notebook

CIO reporting, working capital funds remain outliers in agency IT modernization progress

Congress

Federal CIO Kent sees a bigger opening to push for IT modernization

Reporter's Notebook

Agencies fell well short of goal to award next-generation telecom task orders

Reporter's Notebook

New lab examines mobile autonomous systems

Automation

GSA launches public campaign to battle bots, fake comments from online rulemaking forums

The General Services Administration kicked off a broad public effort this week aimed at modernizing the federal e-rulemaking process, as bots, fraudulent…

Management

IG: OPM could put up a better defense against cyber attacks

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new audit by the inspector general found the Office of Personnel Management’s financial management systems lack some basic…

Federal Newscast

John Thomas Flynn, Stephanie Dedmon, Tennessee, chief information officer

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.