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By Billy Mitchell

IT modernization bill needs continued push from industry, Rep. Hurd says

November 30, 2016

Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, wants tech leaders to talk to senators about the Modernizing Government Technology Act, which has stalled in the Senate.

Here's how the Defense Digital Service is trying to support veterans' medical records

November 30, 2016

About 20,000 documents went missing between the DOD and the VA. And the Pentagon's transformation team is working to fix it.

Senate legislation would codify Presidential Innovation Fellows

November 30, 2016

The program legislators want to set in stone seeks to embed innovators and technologists in agencies for a year to tackle government's challenges.

By Billy Mitchell

Introducing the Gov Actually podcast

November 22, 2016

Welcome to Gov Actually, the podcast that explores how the federal government actually works.

These senators are hoping to divide Cyber Command from the NSA

November 30, 2016

A bipartisan measure introduced in the Senate seeks to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a combatant command.

Inside the Air Force's new use of commercial cloud

November 29, 2016

A culture shift is taking root in the Air Force around delivering ground software capabilities, driven by the Defense Digital Service encouraging it to use commercial cloud for testing, officials said Monday.

By Billy Mitchell

Booz Allen Hamilton buys Acquilent for $250M

November 29, 2016

Booz Allen will acquire the agile web development firm and cloud service provider to boost its digital contracting offerings for federal agencies.

By Billy Mitchell

Army breaks ground on new Cyber Command HQ

November 29, 2016

The new facility in Georgia will house the Army's cybersecurity operations, capability development, training and education in a single location.

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5 fundamentals to improve enterprise cybersecurity

November 09, 2016

Office of Personnel Management

By Billy Mitchell

OPM gives retirement, benefits IT modernization another go

November 28, 2016

The Office of Personnel Management will take another look at the modernization of its benefits and retirement IT systems — an effort that's been underway without much success for the better part of the past three decades.

Navy

By Chris Bing

Hacker breaches Navy, compromises records of more than 130,000 sailors

November 28, 2016

A hacker broke into Navy systems last week and accessed the personal data of more 130,000 current and former U.S. Navy sailors, the service announced Wednesday.

Defense Department

By Samantha Ehlinger

DOD needs to invest more in its IT to integrate autonomous tech — report

November 23, 2016

Autonomy and artificial intelligence may be integral to the Defense Department’s Third Offset Strategy, but making the technology useful will require IT investments to integrate it into defense systems, according to a new report.

Defense Department

By Samantha Ehlinger

Defense CISO Richard Hale to retire

November 23, 2016

Defense Chief Information Security Officer Richard Hale is retiring from government.

18F

By Greg Otto

GSA releases policy allowing public to report website vulnerabilities

November 23, 2016

The General Services Administration’s Technology Transfer Service released a policy Tuesday that will grant people a legal way to detect and notify the agency of security vulnerabilities on a number of public-facing government websites.

Justice Department

By Patrick O'Neill

Senators say DOJ ‘dodges’ questions on new government hacking power

November 23, 2016

One week before the government gains vast new hacking powers, a Democratic group of lawmakers are criticizing the Justice Department’s “failure to substantively answer” questions about how the new authority will impact Americans’ online privacy and security.