The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is receiving reinforcements just as their fight against cyber attacks is ramping up. CISA announced Nitin Natarajan has joined as its deputy director, Eric …
Reality check: When are you and your kid going back to work/school?
Depending on which expert you trust, anywhere from 25-to-40-plus percent of the American workforce are working from home. Many, if not most, public school students are learning — or not …
FDIC modernizing IT with business goals in mind
Digital Modernization – February 23, 2021 https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GDIT-Insights-full-show-022321.mp3 Download audio The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is undergoing a major network and IT infrastructure update to shift from legacy systems to cloud …
Pandemic has spawned all sorts of government innovations, and not all at the federal level
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. A year in, and government at all levels are assessing how …
USPS awards next-generation vehicle contract to Oshkosh Defense
The Postal Service has awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh Defense to create its next-generation delivery vehicle fleet. The next-generation delivery vehicles will run on fuel-efficient combustion engines or battery-electric …
DHA set to takeover all military hospitals by end of 2021, even after transition halt during pandemic
After a tumultuous year of pauses and reconsiderations, military hospitals and clinics are still on track to move under the management of the Defense Health Agency by the end of …
Biden names Obama-era veteran to lead OPM
President Joe Biden has tapped Kiran Ahuja to be his new permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management. If confirmed, Ahuja would be the first South Asian and first …
Something federal contractors thought they’d gotten rid of is popping up
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. A form of contracting known as lowest-price technically acceptable, or LPTA, …
Age-old small business contracting challenge rears its ugly head, again
For the third time in five years, another court decision is opening the door to major changes to multiple award contracts. The Court of Federal Claims weighed in on the …
The unlikely hero of government networks: Visibility
Read a federal IT story these days and it almost certainly references the government’s IT modernization efforts, cloud adoption and strategies, and use of as-a-service solutions. While many government agencies …