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3 Ways Identity and Access Management Makes Agencies More Efficient and Secure
IAM solutions offer workflow and other benefits to both administrators and end users.
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FCC, DHS Officials Stress Importance of Cloud, AI as Tech Evolves
As federal IT environments receive 21st-century updates, leaders highlight the importance of the cloud as an underpinning technology.
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Microsoft Gets the Pentagon’s Highest Cloud Security Rating for Unclassified Data
What does it mean, and what does it take, to achieve a Level 5 provisional authority to operate certification?
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OPM Urges Creation of Secure and Modern NBIB to Handle Background Investigations
Outgoing OPM Director Beth Cobert says the agency will benefit from an IT partnership with DOD.
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DHS Makes Progress on Improving Information System Security
The inspector general’s report recommends the agency take additional steps, such as accelerating the use of personal identity verification cards for all privileged access account holders.
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Which Federal CIOs Are Sticking Around in the Trump Administration?
As the federal IT leadership changes amid the transition to a new administration, there is hope that career civil servants will maintain stability while new CIOs are brought in.
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Is President Trump Still Using an Unsecured Smartphone Or an Encrypted Device?
Security experts have warned that using a commercial smartphone without extra protections could entail major cybersecurity risks.
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Getting More Women into Federal IT Requires Recruitment and Mentoring
A panel of top female federal IT officials thinks that the federal government needs to do more to bring women into IT positions.
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What Is the Obama Administration’s Technology Legacy?
The administration pushed aggressively on cloud adoption, data center optimization and IT modernization, but the OPM breaches were a setback that spotlighted cybersecurity.
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Air Force Launches Its Own Digital Service to Troubleshoot Software Issues
The new outfit builds on the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service model and follows a similar announcement in December from the Army.
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FedRAMP Vows More Cloud Choices, Speedier Approvals, More Outreach in 2017
This year the GSA’s cloud authorization program has vowed to continue improvements and forge ahead with the transformation it kicked off in 2016.
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Army’s Cloud Pilot Lays the Foundation for Data Center Consolidation
The Army aims to work with IBM on a cloud trial at the Redstone Arsenal facility in Alabama to improve its efficiency and serve as a test case for shuttering data centers.
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GSA Pushes for a New Wave of Collaboration Tools for Agencies
The agency wants input on a range of tools for productivity and communication that can be both interoperable and secure.
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How Will Federal IT Modernization Take Shape in 2017?
Congress is likely going to revive efforts to help government agencies use savings to update legacy technology systems.
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The 4 Biggest Trends in Federal IT in 2016
There were several major developments in federal technology this year, including IT modernization, data center optimization, efforts to move to the cloud, and, of course, cybersecurity.
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Feds Frustrated by Slow Application Performance, Survey Says
As federal networks have grown more complicated, certain apps, such as collaboration tools, have seen their operations suffer, according to a survey conducted by Riverbed Technology.
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OPM, IRS Demonstrate Different Ways Forward on IT Modernization
As hope fades for congressional action this year on legislation to modernize legacy technology, agencies are displaying multiple ways to tackle the issue.
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Feds Says Security, Agencies’ Mission Cannot Be Forgotten During 2017 IT Transition
As the Trump administration takes shape, the changeover should not impair how technology helps agencies meet their mission goals, federal IT leaders said at an event in Washington.
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How Will Automated Software Change the Nature of Work Inside Agencies?
A new breed of software tools — termed process robotics — could free up IT staffers and workers of all kinds to perform more mission-oriented tasks.
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Obama’s Cyber Commission Urges Trump Administration to Bolster Defenses
The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity offered the incoming administration dozens of recommendations to enhance the nation’s cyberdefense within government and the private sector.
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