Energy Department watchdog finds agency cloud IT systems lacked appropriate authorizations
An IG audit identified two locations where cloud-based systems had not received appropriate approvals.
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WASHINGTON D.C., Aug. 28 2022 — A sign outside the Department of Energy building on Independence Ave SW. (Image credit: John Hewitt Jones) Modernization -
United States Department of Commerce Building (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) Cyber Commerce’s Office of the Secretary used default passwords for endpoint detection
A new watchdog report finds that the office last March did not have properly configured tools for detecting cyber incidents.
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Prisoners look out of their jail window as protestors gather outside the federal detention center in Downtown Miami on June 12, 2020 in Miami, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) Modernization DOJ watchdog publishes data dashboard to track COVID-19 vaccinations of prison inmates
It is part of a package of data being published in a bid to improve transparency about the spread of COVID-19 in federal prisons.
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(Getty Images) Policy Watchdog calls on Social Security Administration to improve agile software development
The agency’s IG made 12 recommendations for enhancing the agency’s approach to software projects.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 12: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, takes questions from the media after the committee’s seventh hearing. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Policy Lawmakers call on DHS watchdog to step aside from Jan. 6 Secret Service investigation
Carolyn Maloney, D-NY and Bennie Thompson, D-MS, say Joseph Cuffari failed to notify Congress that the Secret Service had refused for months to comply with the watchdog’s request for information.
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The entrance to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images) Cyber Audit identifies ‘ineffective’ active directory security controls at FDIC
An investigation found privileged users at the agency were replicating passwords across multiple accounts.
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Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk watches the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 23, 2021. (Photo by Aubrey Gemignani / NASA / Getty Images) Emerging Tech NASA lack of standardized AI definition creates AI and cyber risks, watchdog finds
NASA agreed or partially agreed with the OIG’s recommendations and set out a plan to address them.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a question and answer session at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in July 2020. (State Department / Freddie Everett) Policy State Department watchdog finds major issues with agency geospatial data compliance
Inconsistencies in location-related data practices may hurt funding mechanisms for geospatial programs, according to the department’s IG.
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(Wikimedia Commons) Modernization House lawmakers introduce bill to address NARA veterans’ records backlog
The proposed legislation would provide $60 million to tackle the 600,000 outstanding records.
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HHS IG’s Gerald Caron on multi-cloud IT strategy
Office of the Inspector General joins FedScoop at the Public Sector Innovation Summit 2022.