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The federal Chief Information Officers Council, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, will soon publish a concept of operations to implement continuous monitoring in the federal government, Deputy U.S. CIO Lisa Schlosser told Management of Change conference attendees.

FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community.

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The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded IBM a 10-year, $123 million contract to replace the agency’s 50-year-old human resources application with a new software-as-a-service model.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

After four years as deputy secretary at the Veterans Affairs Department, W. Scott Gould has announced he is stepping down May 17.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

A House committee is calling on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to follow through on a recent plan to improve disability benefits claims processing for transitioning service members and veterans.

The departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, along with rock star Jon Bon Jovi, announced Reston, Va.-based Qbase is the winner of the Project REACH Developer Challenge.

The White House Small Business Procurement Group is pushing to make senior leaders in the federal government more accountable for the small-business contracting goals set forth by the Small Business Administration.

For the first time since 2009, the federal IT budget is seeing a modest increase. But far from all agencies can expect an influx in their IT dollars.

Roger Baker, former chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, has joined Agilex as the company’s chief strategy officer, FedScoop has learned.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security Official confirmed to FedScoop that Chief Information Officer Richard Spires is on elected leave, but could not discuss the reasons for it.

Dr. Michael Valivullah, the chief technology officer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service, is looking to minimize the number of passwords agency employees need to remember.

The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, known as FITARA, is expected to be published before Congress’ Spring Recess in three weeks, said the bill’s author, Congressman Darrell Issa.

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Veterans Affairs posted a draft response to a Department of Defense request for information for an integrated electronic health record platform.

Department of Veterans Affairs gets an official innovation center, GSA announces IT consolidation strategy and the AFCEA DC 4th Annual Cybersecurity Symposium.

The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it is establishing a new VA Center for Innovation, or VACI, that will build on the three-year track record of the VA Innovation Initiative, known as VAi2.

Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Technology Officer Peter Levin will resign effective March 1, he told FedScoop in an exclusive interview.