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SSA needs a plan for IT modernization, says GAO
In June 2011, the SSA commissioner moved all major functions of the chief information officer to the office of systems. The GAO says SSA never conducted detailed analysis to inform its realignment decisions.
Security system planning, testing lapses due to budget constraints, says SSA
Social Security Administration officials say lack of money prevented them from updating and testing security controls on two major systems, says an SSA office of inspector general audit (.pdf)
Many agencies lack important policies for social media use
Twenty-three of 24 major federal agencies engage in social media but many lack a clear plan to mitigate records management, privacy and security challenges, according to an report by the Government
As mobility takes hold, agency websites could go extinct
Only 40 percent of the Social Security Administration's retirement claims are processed online. With an increase in retirees looming, SSA hopes a mobile application aimed squarely at the heartstrings
What's in a cloud service name?
Going down the list (.pdf) of 78 services that federal agencies have identified for migration to the cloud, I came across this one: The Office of Personnel Management will implement a service that
