Tony Scott

A recipe for resilience in the event of a damaging cyberattack

No cybersecurity measure is 100% reliable. That’s why agencies need a dose of resilience — the ability to get back to normal — if a cyber attack were…

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GAOSocial Security Administration federal data center

New data center journey must include optimization, modernization, hybrid cloud

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(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Maggie Hassan

Sen. Hassan’s technical fix of MGT Act is a major step to overhaul latest IT modernization challenges

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Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteRob Portman

More lawmakers getting on IT modernization bandwagon as House prepares 10th FITARA scorecard

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Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

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

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AP/Carolyn KasterRep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)

Rep. Connolly: Expect ‘scattered compliance’ with 21st-Century IDEA deadlines

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How NASA plans on ensuring that its data is accessible forever

Renee Wynn, the NASA CIO, said during the upcoming ACT-IAC ELC ImaginationNation conference she’s interested in learning about SDN and zero trust networks.

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Ajit Pai

5 lessons CIOs can take from confusion around FCC’s alleged cyber attack

Former federal CIOs offered suggestions for how current technology executives can tamp down controversy in the aftermath of a cyber attack.

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Tony Scott: The MS/Github merger and federal software development

Microsoft said this week it would acquire Github … the popular cloud repository of open source software. Many federal agencies regularly contribute to and use software from Github. But how will the acquisition affect them?

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