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Third-party contractor software exploited in attack on HHS data

An official with the Department of Health and Human Services said attackers gained access to data by exploiting a major vulnerability found in the popular MOVEit file transfer service.

  • By Chris Riotta

FDA falls short on IT contract management, watchdog finds

An audit of the agency's IT contract spend found that FDA officials failed to file acquisition information such as contract performance evaluations and competition efforts.

  • By Carten Cordell

NIH CIO set to retire in December

Andrea Norris, currently the CIO and director of the center for information technology at the National Institutes of Health, has been in charge of the agency's tech portfolio for more than 10 years.

  • By Natalie Alms

The White House wants to make food assistance programs easier to use -- and tech plays a big part

Modernization and customer experience goals are folded into a new White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health that was released Tuesday.

  • By Natalie Alms

What's going on at NITAAC

The National Institutes of Health's governmentwide acquisition organization supports much more than HHS

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Karl Mathias settles in at HHS

The chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services talks about his priorities, the department’s effort to develop a new cybersecurity strategy and what keeps him up at night

  • By Natalie Alms

HHS releases long-awaited electronic health info sharing framework

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released the long-awaited Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement on Tuesday.

  • By Natalie Alms

Supreme Court hearing turns to the contractor mandate

Chief Justice John Roberts invoked the federal contractor mandate – currently blocked from taking effect due to a lawsuit – at a hearing at which two separate vaccine authority cases were argued on Friday.

  • By Natalie Alms

NITAAC's Coen headed to GSA

The director of one of the biggest IT acquisition vehicles is headed to the GSA.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Technology to clear FOIA backlog underused, GAO finds

Releasing documents under Freedom of Information Act requests is part of an agency's mission, but some agencies are not making the most of tools that could help do it faster.

  • By Camille Tuutti

NASA scores high on innovation

Feds are gung-ho about innovation, but managers are still on the fence.

  • By Camille Tuutti

VA fails to communicate clearly; who gets a better grade?

A new report finds few agencies have made progress in meeting the requirements of the 2010 Plain Writing Act.

  • By Camille Tuutti

7 challenges to 'cloud first'

Agencies are well on their way to the cloud but better planning is needed to fully realize the cloud-first policy.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Learning the lessons of open projects

Lessons learned from the successful development of the Internet could teach federal leaders how to take on particularly "wicked" problems.

  • By Camille Tuutti
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HHS announces new CTO

Maryland's chief innovation officer to fill the role as HHS CTO.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Top VA official recognized for excellence in leadership

Winners of the AFFIRM Leadership Awards feted at Capital Hilton.

  • By FCW Staff

What startups can teach agencies about IT

Take some tips for IT success from the upstarts, advises HHS official.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

On the front lines: How agencies recruit young feds

Despite popular belief, public perception of the government workforce and pervasive anti-government rhetoric hasn't put a damper on young people's desire to become public servants.

  • By Camille Tuutti

HHS readies for Facebook organ donation initiative

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg announced a new campaign for users to publish their organ donor status, an initiative expected to increase organ donations to the registries overseen by the Health and Human Services Department.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Audit finds shortcomings in how FDA manages IT investments

The Food and Drug Administration has an IT investment budget of about $400 million a year that needs to be managed better, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

3 tips for fed agencies to get the most out of Facebook Timeline

Facebook Timeline for Pages has been launched, and an HHS new media blogger is offering tips to federal agencies on how to make the best use of the new format.

  • By Alice Lipowicz