The General Services Administration’s 18F and DigitalGov teams developed and launched a website to help federal agencies comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act and navigate the PRA clearance process, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
Read More »Library of Congress to Unveil Crowdsourcing Program as Part of Digital Strategy
The U.S. Library of Congress will introduce a crowdsourcing program on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in an effort to facilitate access to its physical and digital collections through tagging and transcription. A blog post published Wednesday says the program is part of its new Digital Strategy and strategic plan, which seeks to facilitate connections with citizens through a digitally enabled, data-driven and user-centered approach.
Read More »Report: GSA Expands Bug Bounty Program to Government Website Log-In Platform
The General Services Administration has widened the coverage of its $150 to $5,000 bug bounty program to include the login.gov platform, FedScoop reported Wednesday. GSA’s Technology Transformation Service tapped HackerOne in May 2017 for a security risk reporting platform and to help organize an incentives program for independent vulnerabilities research …
Read More »GSA Promotes Angela Colter to 18F Acting Executive Director
Angela Colter, formerly director of strategy at the General Services Administration‘s 18F unit, has been promoted to serve as executive director of the digital services group on an acting basis, Nextgov reported Monday. She joined 18F in February 2016 as an innovation specialist and helped build a platform that could help GSA …
Read More »GSA’s 18F Integrates ‘Agile’ Methods Into IT Security Certification Process
The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has developed a security certification process for government information technology systems through the use of agile development methods, Nextgov reported Tuesday. 18F’s agile-based authority-to-operate process aims to apply an iterative approach to IT security authorizations and place security work at the start of a project. …
Read More »GSA’s 18F Helps Build Federal Lab Data Source Website
The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has collaborated with the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer to build a website that offers information about facilities, programs and funds of approximately 300 federal laboratories. Aaron Sauers, laboratory and business systems chair at FLC, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday the FLC …
Read More »Report: GSA Promotes Mary Davie to Federal Acquisition Service Deputy Commissioner
Alan Thomas, commissioner of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service, has promoted acting assistant FAS commissioner Mary Davie to the deputy commissioner post in a series of leadership changes at the agency, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Thomas, who joined FAS in June, said Davie’s experience in collaboration with government and …
Read More »US Digital Service, 18F Launch Unified Login Tool for Govt Websites
The U.S. Digital Service and the General Services Administration‘s 18F organization have unveiled online tool designed to help citizens access multiple government websites using the same username and password. The login.gov single sign-on tool is currently used for the Customs and Border Protection‘s CBP Jobs app that shows candidates their job …
Read More »GSA Adopts 18F Federalist Platform to Transition Federal Identity Guides Into Digital Playbooks
The General Services Administration has developed digital formats of its Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management Roadmap and associated implementation guidance through the adoption of an 18F platform. The FICAM playbooks built on 18F’s Federalist platform work to help agencies implement ICAM operations through the use of common patterns, share data …
Read More »FBI, 18F Partner to Develop National Crime Data Explorer Tool
The FBI has partnered with the General Services Administration‘s 18F office to build an online platform designed to provide information about nationwide crime trends, FedScoop reported Thursday. Crime Data Explorer is designed to also help users view statistics by type of crime and state as well as download raw data sets and access …
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