OPM Analyst Takes a Look at Government APIs
OPM program analyst Dr. William Brantley in his most recent “API Briefing” post on DigitalGov.gov took at look at how …More
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The Postal Service, faced with the continuing decline of first class mail that has traditionally propped it up, must look …More
PEW: Don’t Take an Open Internet for Granted
We increasingly rely on an open and free Internet but that could come under threat in the near future in …More
Audit: Transportation’s Privacy Controls Not Effective
The Department of Transportation’s privacy controls are not effective and it should take corrective actions, an audit of the department’s …More
Industry Consultant Projects IT Spending to Drop Through 2019
Federal government spending on contractor-provided IT products and services will decline from $101 billion in 2014 to $94 billion in …More
GAO: Oversight Needed to Improve Information Security at Smaller Agencies
GAO has concluded that smaller agencies – those with under 6,000 employees – are showing mixed progress implementing the elements …More
GSA Taps Lockheed to Help Upgrade Business Applications
Lockheed Martin has announced it was awarded a CIO Applications, Maintenance, Enhancements, and Operations – CAMEO, contract to upgrade the …More
DISA Invites Contractors to Acquisition, Procurement Briefing
The Defense Information Systems Agency has opened registration for its 2014 “Forecast to Industry” event to bring industry representatives into …More
NIST Forming New Cloud Computing Working Groups
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that its Cloud Computing Program – NCCP, is forming three public …More
IT Managers Report Modest Progress on Digital Government Strategy
Agencies are making modest progress meeting the goals of the Digital Government Strategy to allow federal employees to access quality …More
White House Releases Action Plan for Goal of Better IT Delivery
OBM has released detailed action plans for 15 cross-agency priority goals, including the eight that comprise the President’s management agenda, …More
Don’t Neglect Mobile: Time Spent on Mobile to Surpass Desktop
The amount of time American’s spent on their smartphones and tablets will increase to two hours 51 minutes this year, …More
DARPA Hosts IT Demo Day
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently hosted a “demo day” at the Pentagon to showcase an array of projects …More
Nigerian Phished EPA Employees to Steal Goods, Resell Them
A Nigerian man has pled guilty to taking part in a scheme in which he helped steal email credentials from …More
Commerce Launches Cluster Mapping Website
The Commerce Department has announced the launch of a website that provides access to rich, open data about regional economies …More
NIST Collaborating to Advance Internet of Things
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has said it is taking part in a “SmartAmerica / Global Cities Challenge” …More
Navy Extends NMCI Support Contract with HP
The Navy has awarded a $138 million modification to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services – HPES, to extend a continuity of …More
DoJ Announces Criminal Charges Against Botnet Administrator
The Justice Department has unsealed criminal charges against the administrator of a botnet called Gameover Zeus – GOZ, being used …More
Gameover for GOZ?
Justice explained that computers infected with Gameover Zeus reach out to other computers in the botnet and receive commands, typically …More
HP Rolls Out Secure Private Cloud Solution Designed for Public Sector Needs
HP Enterprise Services has announced a secure private cloud solution for the government market. It’s Helion Managed Private Cloud for …More
Quick JSON Primer with NARA’s Federal Register API
The National Archives and Records Administration has some interactive documentation on the application programming interface – API, for the Federal …More
NIST Publishes Guidance on Transitioning to Continuous Monitoring
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has published supplemental guidance intended to clarify and amplify current guidance on information …More
Close Collaboration Between IT, HC Staffs Crucial to Talent Acquisition
CIOs need a human capital strategy that enables managers to bring top-notch candidates onboard combined with strong partnerships between IT …More
IG Cites Progress with Information Security at VA, but More Work Ahead
The Department of Veterans Affairs has made progress developing information security policies and procedures but still faces challenges implementing components …More
GAO: Agencies Unable to Show They Are Responding to Cyber Incidents
Agencies need to improve their cyber incident response practices, GAO has said. It said 24 major federal agencies did not …More
GSA Nixes Comments on USA.gov
GSA has decided to remove the comments functionality on the USA.gov blog after growing tired of sifting through a high …More
Data.gov Hits 100,000 Mark for Datasets
After launching in May 2009 with 47 datasets of open government data, Data.gov now has over 105,000 and hundreds of …More
2014 CIO Boot Camp June 18 – 19
The Federal CIO Council’s annual boot camp is taking place June 18 – 19 at the Department of Transportation in …More
IT Career Fair for Veterans June 13, 14 at USPTO in Alexandria, VA
The Patent and Trademark Office has announced a career fair for veterans with specialized IT experience for Friday, June 13 …More
Report Considers an “Internet of Postal Things”
The convergence of an increasing amount of actionable data, and the ubiquity of network connectivity to integrate and share it, …More
