Internet Week News Today

In her book 'Extremely Online,' journalist Taylor Lorenz details how Julia Allison invented the concept of being an influencer — and got shunned.

Journalist Taylor Lorenz unravels the last 25 years of internet culture in her book Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet.

This Week in Enterprise Tech explores the complex, cutting edge world of enterprise technology. Hosted by Lou Maresca, TWiET features IT professionals explaining the ins and outs o…

By Mark Rockwell Oct 19, 2020 It only takes one small breach to dent confidence in the nation’s election systems, according to a digital rights and technology expert. While the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other organizations have made great strides since 2016 to shore up local election infrastructure, “cybersecurity is an active process. Threats are constantly changing and evolving, so we need to keep making the case that election officials need to prioritiz...

TEENS logging onto FLOWs Safer Internet Day (SID) 2021 Virtual Teen Summit on Tuesday, n...

By Mark Rockwell   The General Services Administration worked with the Defense Department and vendors to reconfigure the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions Blanket Purchase Agreement that resulted in a dramatically lower ceiling value from the initial award, according to the agencys manager of the contract. GSA initially awarded DEOS, a 10-year contract to provide Microsofts productivity suite Office 365 to DOD, to General Dynamics IT in 2019. The ceiling value of the award was $7.6 billion....

By Mark Rockwell   The General Services Administration continues to have problems with managing identity cards it issues to contractors to access its buildings and IT systems, according to a report from agencys Office of Inspector General. The report, issued on Nov. 4, covers an audit period between February, 2017 and August, 2019. It builds on an OIG 2016 audit that found the agency couldnt account for 15,000 of the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards it issued to its contractors. The...

  Although most agencies held steady or advanced their grades in the latest Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard, a new telecommunications transition metric was giving some of them headaches. On Dec. 22, the House Oversight Committees Subcommittee on Government Operations released its 11th FITARA scorecard tallying how 24 large federal agencies have managed their IT over the last several months. The latest scorecard shows 16 of the two dozen agencies respond...

By Mark Rockwell Dec 16, 2020 The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with tests of a commercial portable passive radio monitoring system that can find suspect cellular, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices at field locations. DHS Science and Technology directorates Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) awarded Bastille Networks a Phase 5 other transaction agreement to continue evaluating the companys "Flyaway Kit" that can sniff out potentially intrusive wireless devices. Bastille Net...

By Mark Rockwell   The General Services Administrations replacement for its Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) multiple award vehicle is in the starting blocks, according to the contracts development manager. In the coming weeks, the agency will convene focus groups, listening sessions, and industry days on its OASIS successor professional services contract, according to Tiffany Hixson, assistant commissioner, in GSAs Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categor...