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By Samantha Ehlinger

IT Modernization bill passes house unanimously

September 22, 2016

Three bills and many discussions later, a hybrid bill to tackle modernizing agency’s legacy IT systems passed the House Thursday. The Modernizing Government Technology Act, which sailed through the House on a voice vote, combines elements of two bills introduced this year: Maryland Democratic House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s IT Modernization Act and Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd’s MOVE IT Act.

New tech bills make for busy week on the Hill

September 23, 2016

This week was a busy one on Capitol Hill for the tech community. While the Modernizing Government Technology bill passing the House was the big IT policy news of the week, other tech bills made some headway in Congress. Here's a quick catch-up.

The National Archives is very into GIFs

September 23, 2016

The National Archives released dozens of copyright-free animated GIFs to the Giphy, a website that hosts the popular files and is integrated into various social media networks and mobile messaging apps.

By Billy Mitchell

OMB hiring U.S. deputy CISO

September 23, 2016

Now that the government has its first U.S. CISO, it's looking for a deputy to help develop and coordinate federal cybersecurity policy.

Weapon systems will remain vulnerable to hackers for 'decades,' Air Forces Cyber Commander says

September 23, 2016

The threat of cyberattacks aimed at some of the U.S. military’s most destructive weaponry has become a significant cause for concern amongst top officials leading the Pentagon, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy.

Two takes on the White House’s open government, open data progress

September 23, 2016

The White House released a progress report Tuesday ​on its third Open Government National Action Plan — a snapshot of ongoing and completed work on many initiatives improving digital services or open data.

By Shaun Waterman

Industry steps up on IoT cybersecurity — is it enough?

September 23, 2016

A consortium of some of the largest multinational corporations in the world has published a guide to help its members and other companies ensure cybersecurity as more and more industrial systems are connected to the internet.

By Shaun Waterman

Farewell to the smart card? Yubico makes federal play

September 22, 2016

ID authentication specialist Yubico is making a bid to replace the smartcard for feds logging on with its handy little USB keystick, the Yubikey.

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Government IT News

By Wyatt Kash

New top 100 rankings reveals which firms earn the most from federal IT spending

June 28, 2016

IDC Government Insights and FedScoop release first-of-its-kind rankings of big tech and specialty IT providers to the federal government.

Cybersecurity

By Chris Bing

There's now a cybersecurity organization dedicated to U.S. sports

September 22, 2016

In 1984, during the Summer Olympics hosted in Los Angeles, Calif., Soviet athletes boycotted the games. Just four years prior, shortly following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. athletes did the same when it was Moscow’s turn to host the summer games. Today, it appears that some contemporary protests may have taken the form of a cyberattack; as Russia has been blamed for hacking into the World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, and doxing several prominent american athletes.

Cybersecurity

By Shaun Waterman

Yah-oof: 500M+ Yahoo user details stolen in huge hack

September 22, 2016

User details from more than 500 million Yahoo accounts — including names, birth dates and encrypted passwords — were stolen nearly two years ago by state-sponsored hackers, the faltering internet giant said Thursday.

General Services Administration

By Billy Mitchell

GSA's Acquisition Gateway hits 10,000 users

September 22, 2016

​The General Services Administration surpassed 10,000 users Wednesday on its online Acquisition Gateway — achieving a goal officials had set for the year's end.

Cybersecurity

By Shaun Waterman

NIST launches self-assessment tool for cybersecurity

September 22, 2016

The National Institute for Science and Technology has published a draft questionnaire that companies and other organizations can use to assess their cybersecurity "maturity" — a response, NIST says, to demand from the private sector.

Cybersecurity

By Chris Bing

Universities, not health care systems, facing highest number of ransomware attacks

September 21, 2016

The prevalence of and perhaps damage caused by ransomware-style cyberattacks is greater in the education sector than any other industry, according to a newly released research report by security ratings firm BitSight.

White House

By Samantha Ehlinger

White House expanding open data initiatives

September 21, 2016

The Obama administration has big plans to improve its open data — particularly around contracting data, data on foreign aid and data to aid development.

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