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Report: Almost Half of IT Migrations Doomed to Fail
Successful migrations are likely to play a large role in the success or perceived failure of modernization efforts across the federal landscape.
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New White House Open Source Policy Makes it Easier for Agencies to Reuse Custom Software
The new Federal Source Code Policy will also include a pilot program to release some federally funded custom code to the public.
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White House wants more sharable, reusable code
Federal CIO Tony Scott is pushing out a plan to allow custom code developed by or for the government to be shared across agencies, and in some cases released to the public.
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US Is Going to Let Foreign Students Stay Longer—If They Studied STEM
Tech companies have long argued for immigration reform to let in more skilled workers.
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GSA Looks for New Schedule 70 Manager to Oversee $15B in Tech Contracts
The agency is looking for someone to lead the largest IT acquisition vehicle in government.
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IT Fund Gets a Thumbs Up from CIOs. But is $3 Billion Enough?
The federal government is planning to spend nearly $90 billion a year on IT next year.
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Video: Think You Have What it Takes To Be a NASA Astronaut?
The right stuff entails a lot.
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DHS creates intel fast lane for select analysts
Report to Congress reveals the department has given some workers special accounts that bypass DHS data access control policies.
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A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day
Thanks to a small group of Silicon Valley’s satellite startups, we may never look at our planet again the same way.
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The Government Is Secretly Huddling With Companies to Fight Extremism Online
A coalition of civil rights groups wants to be included in the meetings to keep the feds in check.
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What’s happening in agile
Steve Kelman checks in with a CIO who champions "continuous delivery" about what it means for government software development.
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5 Charts that Show Where the Federal IT Budget is Headed Next Year
Of the 25 largest civilian agencies, 19 are due for an increase when it comes to IT spending.
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The Most Anticipated IT Contracts in 2016
"This is the biggest year for federal IT contract vehicles in a decade," according to one analyst.
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IRS security tool goes down over security concerns
The IP PIN program was taken down, possibly over concerns similar to those that gutted the "Get Transcript" app last year.
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Postal Service Looking for New Predictive Analytics Platform
The agency wants to become a “data-driven” organization.
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Remembering Raymond Tomlinson, the Father of Email
The computer engineer who sent the first piece of electronic mail died Saturday. He was 74.
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Is Digital Privacy Becoming a Partisan Issue?
It’s historically brought together Democrats and Republicans—but the Apple-FBI fight is starting to align along party lines.
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Is ‘Technically Acceptable’ Good Enough for Pentagon’s New $17.5B IT Contract?
DISA’s decision to evaluate proposed services using LPTA definitely has raised some eyebrows.
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How agile principles are driving digital development
USAID is adapting its international development efforts to rapid advances in technology, bandwidth and access.
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