Growing pains at the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, report finds The GAO found that the State Department is addressing challenges at the new bureau tied to role definitions and hiring. Jan 12, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
A close-up of the administration building at National Institutes of Health. (NIH photo) CIO-SP4 acquisition arm commits to corrective action after 119 bid protests sustained National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center says it is optimistic about the promise the solicitation holds for federal agency customers. Jul 11, 2023 By Madison Alder
Army Futures Command’s Software Factory operations taking place on March 22, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Mr. Luke J. Allen) DOD still lags in delivering software for weapons systems in a timely manner, says GAO A majority of DOD weapons programs surveyed by GAO took much longer to deliver new software than the industry standard, sometimes more than a year. Jun 8, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau
Aging IT systems pose wider questions about federal spectrum allocation Spectrum XXI needs updating, but former officials say the whole process for allocating frequency bands across government also needs a rethink. Apr 11, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images) Bid protest could lead to ‘protracted fight’ over $11B DISA contract award General Dynamics Information Technology has challenged the award of the Defense Enclave Services procurement. Mar 22, 2022 By Jon Harper
The SolarWinds Corp. logo is seen at the headquarters in Austin, Texas on April 15, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) Federal agencies struggled to share information in SolarWinds aftermath, GAO finds Classified information created challenges, the GAO says, because agencies classify certain kinds of information differently. Jan 13, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones