The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an alert this month on scammers posing as FTC officials who contact individuals and claim they have won prizes from a charity contest. While this is a new malicious campaign, scammers use these basic tactics time and time again with slightly different wording to take advantage of unsuspecting individuals. Since this is so commonplace, it is worth exploring how to identify these schemes, and how to go about reporting them in the event that scammers target you.

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The July issue of Network News is now available. This editions highlights include the Governor's Technology Awards at COVITS 2017, updated FY18 work request forms now online and VITA's enterprise cloud oversight service (ECOS) continues to move forward. 

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The Department of General Services, PIM #98-034, has moved Special Terms and Conditions, Information Technology Goods and Services to VITA Supply Chain Management effective July 1, 2017. The Special Terms and Conditions, Information Technology Goods and Services is a list of special terms and conditions for use in solicitations and contracts issued by state agencies for information technology procurements.  

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§2.2-2009 of the Code of Virginia was modified July 1, 2017, to add the requirement that all contracts for information technology entered into by the commonwealth’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches and independent agencies are required to comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations pertaining to information security and privacy. For more information, please see our Core Mandatory Terms and Conditions.

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