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Data breach puts DHS employees at risk of identity theft
Homeland Security Department alerted employees in their headquarters office, and the Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement components that a vendor processing background investigations may have exposed personal data. DHS emphasizes there is no evidence of any lost or stolen information.
Tags: DHS , cybersecurity , workforce , Jason Miller
DoD to pursue commercial alternative to VA's VistA
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has decided to turn to the commercial marketplace for an integrated electronic health records solution rather than adopting VA' Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture. He cited market research that showed turning to the competitive process would generate reduced cost and technical risk for DoD.
Tags: Chuck Hagel , VA , VistA , EHR , Frank Kendall , Jessica Wright , health IT , Michael O
FedRAMP achieves another cloud security milestone
HHS approves Amazon Web Services for meeting security requirements under the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program. The company's secure documents are available for other agencies to review to help accelerate their move to the cloud.
Tags: cybersecurity , GSA , Dave McClure , FedRAMP , cloud computing , Teresa Carlson , Amazon Web Services , Management of Change Conference , ACT-IAC , HHS , Jason Miller
Datapalooza IV and open government
US CTO Todd Park and HHS CIO Bryan Sivak talk about this year's Datapalooza event, which takes place next month in Washington D.C.
May 21, 2013
Tags: open data , open government , Bryan Sivak , HHS , Todd Park , Healthcare IT , Datapalooza , federal data sets , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
OMB reworking financial system requirements to focus on outcomes, not inputs
The administration is expected to release a new directive in the coming weeks to update Circular A-127, which defines how agencies operate their financial systems. The new guidance is expected to open the market up to vendors and make it easier for agencies to transition to shared service providers.
Tags: shared services , Adam Goldberg , Treasury , OMB , Keith Trippie , DHS , Gwynne Kostin , GSA , Kirit Amin , Commerce , Management of Change Conference , ACT-IAC , Jason Miller
Next-gen Apple devices cleared to join Defense IT networks
The Defense Information Security Agency has approved a security guide for iOS 6 making it the third mobile operating system to meet the requirements this month. The agency said it will award a mobile device management system in a few months.
Tags: mobile computing , mobile , DISA , Apple , iO6 , cybersecurity , Mark Orndorff , Sean McCalley
In fight over intelligence IT system, Army prioritizes access to data
The Army says hard-won lessons on the battlefield have taught it that stovepiped IT systems have no place in the business of intelligence collection and sharing. It also acknowledges that enforcing a single set of common standards comes with some tradeoffs.
Tags: DoD , Army intelligence , DCGS-A , Ray Odierno , Duncan Hunter , Palantir , Jared Serbu ,
DoD upends slow approval process for mobile devices
In the past, DoD's security review process took so long that devices were off the market by the time the Pentagon allowed them on government networks. This week, DoD approved a secure, commercial version of Android before its manufacturer even released it.
Tags: DoD , DISA , STIG , Samsung , mobile , Android , Android Knox , John Hickey , Jared Serbu
GAO, OMB spar over whether to measure data center cost savings
Government auditors told House Oversight and Government Affairs members that saving money from closing more than 1,000 data centers needs to be metric. OMB said optimization of core data centers is a more important measure than straight cost savings.
Tags: data center consolidation , OMB , GAO , David Powner , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Bernie Mazer , Interior , GSA , PortfolioStat , Jason Miller
DoD wants to know real costs of IT business systems
Beth McGrath, the Defense Department's deputy chief management officer, issued a memo in April creating a new integrated business framework. The goal of the framework is to tie costs to performance and strategy.
Tags: management , DoD , Beth McGrath , budget , Excellence in Government , Jason Miller
