Will Hurd
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services CEO Meg Whitman in October to discuss ongoing challenges with the $2.5 billion ACES contract.
November 17, 2016 -
Election Day can be a whirlwind of campaign signs, crowded polling sites and an avalanche of social media posts. To help cut through the chaos, here's Federal News Radio's roundup of congressional races, presidential platforms and Hatch Act reminders.
November 08, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget unveiled its guidance for IT modernization, which includes four implementation phases for agencies.
October 27, 2016 -
Three experts develop 12 recommendations based on interviews with CIOs and senior IT managers to measure all seven facets of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.
October 24, 2016 -
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott shared a few more clues about the guidance and metrics of the administration's plan to modernize the government's aging IT infrastructure.
October 13, 2016 -
The Modernization Government Technology Act received approval from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Sept. 15 and will likely get voted on by the full House on Sept. 20.
September 19, 2016 -
Lawmakers are calling on the Obama administration to strengthen its friendship with the private sector and finalize cybersecurity plans.
September 16, 2016 -
IDC Government found the federal government spends almost four times as much on technology per employee on average than other industries.
September 06, 2016 -
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is supporting both the centralized and decentralized approaches to address the need to get rid of legacy technology systems.
July 25, 2016 -
Lawmakers are offering the Modernizing Obsolete and Vulnerable Enterprise IT (MOVE-IT) Act as an alternative to the White House’s $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund proposal to help agencies update technology networks and applications.
July 18, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal headlines, new rules help gov't hire more small business subcontractors, and GAO warns DoD and the VA don't have a solid plan for e-record interoperability.
July 15, 2016 -
House Lawmakers introduced two bills this week to make rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft reimbursable for federal employees.
July 08, 2016 -
A legislative assistant for Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), one of the key players on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said members are warming to the administration's idea to develop a $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund. But he said some members of Congress are debating other alternatives to the fund.
June 29, 2016 -
The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General says the National Park Service is not properly handling employee mismanagement related to dozens of sexual harassment complaints, ethics violations and procurement misconduct.
June 14, 2016 -
Two years after the administration set up two new federal "start-ups" to help agencies adopt more innovative technology, some in the public and private sectors say the U.S. Digital Service and 18F still operate in their own silos, and there is little communication from the organizations as they embark on new projects.
June 10, 2016