Department of Agriculture (USDA) Archives

Ja’Nelle DeVore, CISO of USDA, speaks at the 2022 Zero Trust Summit. (FedScoop)

Cyberattack led USDA to seek $4.4M from TMF for threat monitoring

The agency is also working on a SOC-as-a-Service offering and potentially blue teaming.

Oct 6, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Department of the Interior — (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop)

Interior Department hires Darren Ash as chief information officer

He started in the top federal IT leadership role on Monday.

Sep 12, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

Clare Martorana. Image Credit: The White House.

TMF Board announces $94.8M for 3 network security projects

USDA, the FTC and DHS receive funding for projects that focus on adopting a zero-trust approach to cybersecurity.

Jun 21, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

GSA gauging which agencies will extend network, telecom services on legacy contracts

The departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Justice and the Government Accountability Office are likely candidates given outstanding task orders.

Jun 14, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

NARA, USDA score $13.5M in TMF awards

NARA received $9.1 million to modernize and digitize its legacy records processing systems; USDA got $4.4 million to develop and implement a zero-trust cybersecurity architecture for its…

May 23, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Pink banners adorn The National Archives Building on the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the first weekend of Spring on March 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

NARA chief information officer Swarnali Haldar to step down at end of July

Following her departure, current deputy CIO Sheena Burrell will step into the role.

May 4, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

The US Department of Transportation building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP)

Artie Chin installed as first Federal Highway Administration CTO

He was previously chief digital services officer at HUD.

May 2, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

USDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture — (USDA / Flickr)

USDA awards Lumen $1.2B EIS task order

The USDA issues a $1.2 billion EIS task order for IT modernization and digital services.

Jan 20, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons)

IT reseller challenges USDA’s ’20-year tradition’ of sticking with Microsoft

For the second time, Westwind successfully protested an attempt to award a task order for productivity software to the tech giant without competition.

Dec 23, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

One of USDA’s new automations will help the U.S. Forest Service pay invoices faster while fighting wildfires like this one near Fawnskin, California in 2007. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

USDA set to grow its ‘strategic’ RPA program in fiscal 2022

The department has 66 automations in production with 29 more on the way, after establishing an operations and maintenance service a year ago.

Nov 9, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir