Catch up on some reading this weekend. Here are a few interesting items from around the Web. […]

A low-key change has taken place that sources say has shifted the National Institute of Standards and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity from a purely voluntary practice to a mandatory standard for Federal agencies….Reactions to the White House’s open source coding push….And grumbling about Silicon Valley imports.

MeriTalk discussed the voting process and election security with Matthew Davis, the chief information officer at the Virginia Department of Elections, at the 2016 Akamai Government Forum in Washington, D.C.   […]

In a guest commentary, Alan P. Balutis of Cisco Systems wonders why the government’s reliance on outdated technology has surfaced only recently as an issue.

Catch up on some reading this weekend. Here are a few interesting items from around the Web.

Department of Veterans Affairs CIO LaVerne Council has ordered VA CISO Brian Burns to “redirect his exclusive focus on VA’s role in the Interagency Program Office.” Council also tapped Ron Thompson to serve as interim VA CISO. … VA kicked off its 2016 Information Security and Privacy Awareness Week Speaker Series, but problems dogged the online chat and telephone dial-in.

MeriTalk’s feature, a Q&A with prominent IT leaders, focuses this time on Flip Anderson, the Executive Director of FITARA Operations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Catch up on some reading this weekend. Here are a few interesting items from around the Web.

After years of development and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, the Department of Veterans Affairs is balking at the idea of replacing its flawed scheduling system with a commercial alternative. Yes, even after a major scandal involving deliberate manipulation of the scheduling system that led to the deaths of veterans, VA thought it was appropriate to tackle the development themselves.