The Social Security Administration (SSA) has named Scott Coulter as its new chief information officer (CIO), making him the third person to hold the position since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20. […]
Two executive orders (EO) issued by President Donald Trump on Tuesday are directing the Treasury Department to modernize and centralize its payment system in an attempt to root out Federal fraud and waste. […]
Vu Nguyen, chief information security officer (CISO) at the Department of Justice (DoJ), explained at the Zscaler Public Sector Summit in Washington today how he expects the agency’s ongoing march toward zero trust security architectures to end up paying for itself in the benefits that the improved security yields – including by sharply reducing the cost of any cyberattacks on the agency’s networks. […]
The ongoing shift to zero trust security frameworks is reshaping cybersecurity strategies across Federal agencies, but for Sandia National Laboratories – one of the 17 national labs overseen by the Department of Energy (DoE) – the adoption of continuous verification standards is as much about user experience as it is security. […]
A prominent Federal program aimed at bringing young professionals into the government has seen a 64 percent decrease in hires, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which says the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) should do more to improve the talent pipeline. […]
President Donald Trump sent a March 20 memorandum to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Charles Ezell that delegates authority to OPM – the Federal government’s human resources (HR) agency – to fire Federal workers who have cleared their probationary employee status. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today that it is taking action to tighten its Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) program to prioritize “value and fiscal responsibility” in Federal contracting. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a large-scale investigation into China-based telecommunications equipment and service providers as its first major action under the agency’s newly formed Council on National Security. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expediting its transition from legacy copper lines to modern network infrastructure after announcing a new series of actions to help streamline its modernization efforts. […]
Terry Carpenter, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) chief information officer (CIO), has left his role at the agency and Clyde E. Richards has since fulfilled the role of acting CIO. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) late Thursday that aims to consolidate Federal contracting under the General Services Administration (GSA), including IT contracts. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has launched a new AI tool, featuring a chat function and application programming interface (API), that the agency said aims to increase internal productivity. […]
A Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’ sensitive data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Thursday. […]
Vinay Singh, who is fresh off a two-year stint as the CFO and chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said the agency needs to stay focused on literacy and innovation in its development of AI technologies to benefit operations and mission delivery. […]
The IRS is coming under fire from two government watchdogs that say the agency needs stronger IT controls to safeguard taxpayer data, and that the agency misspent funds designated for business systems modernization. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is taking steps to use cloud-based services and implement automated processes into its capabilities that the government watchdog uses to assess Federal agencies’ operations, a GAO official said on March 18. […]
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to examine the structure of the agency’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) as it considers reconstituting the board, with an eye to increasing transparency of how its members are selected and which cybersecurity incidents the board chooses to investigate. […]
The mass firings of IRS employees are putting at risk the agency’s ability to issue timely refunds and answer taxpayer questions – along with threatening to reverse recent upgrades to some of the agency’s antiquated technology – former IRS managers said on March 11. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has named Antoine McCord its new chief information officer (CIO), a spokesperson for the agency confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has created a new Council for National Security within the FCC to oversee telecom supply chain risks, cyber threats, and emerging technologies. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is flagging flaws in the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s management of system security plans (SSPs) for the Federal government’s central banking account, which it said has limited insight into the accuracy of financial information. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected HQC as its fifth standard for post-quantum encryption, providing an additional layer of security to protect encrypted data against potential threats from future quantum computers. […]
A Federal judge in San Francisco issued an order from the bench today demanding the reinstatement of all probationary employees who were fired at six Federal agencies based on directives from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) is tapping Ross Graber – a security technology veteran with stints at Twitter and Google – to become the agency’s next chief information officer, knowledgeable sources told MeriTalk. […]
Charles Ezell, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), refused to testify before a Federal judge in a case determining OPM’s involvement in the firing of Federal probationary employees. […]
As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prepares to resume the rollout of its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the VA to update the program’s modernization life cycle cost estimate and schedule. […]
As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to cut 15 percent of its workforce, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, announced on Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation to ensure the VA remains “well-staffed.” […]
The White House has officially nominated Sean Plankey to become the next director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a component of the Department of Homeland Security. […]
As a former senior Social Security Administration (SSA) official is claiming that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut cybersecurity and privacy corners when accessing sensitive data at the agency, a Federal judge is requiring DOGE to take steps to release its internal documents that will shed more light on how the White House department operates. […]
The inspector general (IG) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said his office is taking a look into the impact that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is having on cybersecurity and data privacy practices at OPM. […]