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Why Updating Tech Infrastructure is as Critical as Updating Roads and Bridges
When we talk infrastructure improvements, we must include the IT component for our nation.
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4 Security Trends for the New Administration To Consider
The challenge is to balance what’s practical with what’s effective, all in the face of global threats evolving every day.
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It’s Time for America to Protect its Cyber Borders
The country is in danger of losing a technological arms race that could result in more leaks and attacks on critical infrastructure.
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Want to Keep More Women on the Path Toward IT Leadership? Here’s How.
Women currently represent 38 percent of all federal leaders.
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Redefining the Role of Federal CIO: The Enabler-in-Chief
The key is modernizing systems will not be done in the same architectural model of the past.
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Some Alleged CIA Hacking Tools—Like Apps That Turn Smart TVs into Spies—Do Exist
A more unsettling issue may be why the CIA couldn’t protect its own data in the first place.
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When Can Your Tweet, Text or Calls Cost You Your Job?
Feds do not have a legally recognized expectation of privacy with respect to the government-owned equipment they use in and/or outside of the workplace.
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3 Opportunities For Federal IT Teams During the Hiring Freeze
Federal IT decision-makers can use this time as an opportunity to improve their existing processes, become more efficient and potentially improve security.
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In Defense of 18F—Because Inaction Also Has a Cost
Procurement doesn’t grab many headlines, but it is critical to the nation’s future.
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6 Strategies for Digital Transformation that Puts Citizens First
Agencies have made great strides in customer experience over the past couple of years.
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The Changing Face of Infrastructure Cyber Threats
It’s crucial for government cybersecurity policymakers to consider the full range of what constitutes critical infrastructure today.
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5 Lessons From a Former Agency Customer Experience Leader
Getting things done takes on a much more human feel.
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Why Don’t We See More Automation in Federal Networks?
Automation would cut the time from detection of cyberattacks to remediation from months to seconds.
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How Digital Services Engagement Centers Play a Crucial Role in Customer Experience
Digital services engagement centers serve as the connective tissue between customer service channels.
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Modernizing Government IT—By Looking to the Private Sector
To operate at today’s scale and face today’s threats, the government needs a paradigm shift in how it approaches technology.
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Make 2017 the Year of a Digital-First Federal Government
Everything the federal government does should be thought of digitally first.
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Congress Needs to Adopt Tech's Commercial Pace to Better Support Government Organizations
How do you predict the unpredictable?
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Why Relying on Cellphones is a Terrible Idea in a Crisis
First responders don’t have magic cellphones that work during emergencies. Neither do homeland security or other federal agents.
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FITARA Must Become the Catalyst for Change in Federal IT
Many still consider FITARA a compliance drill rather than a way to transform IT.
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