(Google Cloud) Sponsored Government leaders tout big wins for their missions with AI, ML and cloud tools Executives from the U.S. Army, U.S. Postal Service and the State of New York highlight IT modernization initiatives at Google Government Summit. Dec 13, 2022 By FedScoop Staff
A US Postal Service truck leaves a sorting facility on August 17, 2020 in New York. (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images). Federal judge denies USPS request to reconsider $67M award in long-running tech dispute with Northrop Grumman The government has 60 days to appeal the decision in the legal dispute over an $874M firm fixed-price technology contract. Oct 18, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
(Tony Webster / Flickr) Postal Service regulator fires chief data officer following arrest in San Diego Russell Rappel-Schmid was arrested Monday on felony charges. Jul 12, 2022 By Nihal Krishan
A USPS postal truck in Beverly Hills on February 04, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) USPS appoints director of cyber engineering Michael Billingsley had already been filling the role in an acting capacity since April 5. Jun 22, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
How DHS has tried to improve election security matters Former DHS official convicted of stealing government data, software to create commercial version The Office of Inspector General's IT Division acting branch chief helped set up off-site servers so developers in India could access them remotely. Apr 12, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
A USPS postal truck in Beverly Hills on February 04, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) Postal inspectors’ digital intelligence team sometimes acted outside of legal authorities, report says USPS's internet analytics team occasionally used open-source intelligence tools beyond postal inspectors' law enforcement authorities, according to a watchdog. Mar 30, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
(Paul Sableman / Flickr) Postal Regulatory Commission appoints first chief data officer Russell Rappel-Schmid joins the watchdog after serving as chief data officer for the state of Alaska. Feb 16, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
(Getty Images) USPS working to fix ‘limited number’ of address errors encountered by COVIDtests.gov users A White House official tells reporters USPS is working to solve the issues. Jan 21, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
COVID-19 antigen test kit (Getty Images). Why COVIDtests.gov worked where HealthCare.gov stumbled In these past eight years, the U.S. government has gained more experience building websites and brought in the right technical talent. Jan 20, 2022 By Paul Smith
A COVID-19 rapid test (Getty Images) Federal government’s COVID-19 testing kit website goes live ahead of schedule As of Tuesday afternoon, the site had more than half a million users visiting it. Jan 18, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones