Trump OKs Measure to Establish New DHS Cyber Agency
President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that would form a new cybersecurity agency within the Department of Homeland...
Trump to Nominate Andrew Wheeler as Permanent EPA Administrator
President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate Andrew Wheeler, who has been acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency since...
Report: GSA Proposes New Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Contractors
The General Services Administration has proposed a new rule that would require contractors to report cyber threats and provide GSA...
GSA to Combine Four Cybersecurity Special Item Numbers on IT Schedule 70
The General Services Administration has proposed to consolidate into a single vehicle four special item numbers for cybersecurity services on its IT Schedule...
Report: IT Weaknesses Among Largest Issues Uncovered in DoD’s First Financial Audit
The Pentagon failed to get a “clean opinion” in its first departmentwide financial audit, Federal News Network reported Thursday. A...
Jim Bridenstine Voices Concern Over Potential Cuts in NASA’s Fiscal 2020 Budget
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said potential cuts in the agency’s fiscal 2020 budget could have an impact on space exploration...
Jonathan Feibus: Cloud Adoption Offers Flexibility to Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jonathan Feibus, chief information security officer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has said NRC has begun to update several internal...
Eric Schmidt, Eric Horvitz Named to Artificial Intelligence Commission
The House Armed Services Committee has named Eric Schmidt, technical adviser to Alphabet’s board; and Eric Horvitz, director of Microsoft...
John Windom Offers Updates on VA’s EHR System Implementation at House Panel Hearing
John Windom, executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ office of electronic health record modernization, has said VA has...
Dave Powner: FITARA Scorecard Helps Elevate CIO Role
Dave Powner, a 16-year Government Accountability Office veteran, told FedTech in an interview published Tuesday that the Federal Information Technology Acquisition...