Cybersecurity
Long-Awaited Botnet Report Calls on Industry for Solutions
The long-awaited botnet report from the Commerce and Homeland Security departments paint government as a facilitator, not a leader in the fight.
Modernization
Pentagon’s MilCloud 2.0 Could Host Classified Data by 2019
The cloud offering is close to meeting stringent requirements to host secret and top secret classified data.
Modernization
Beyond the Data Center
The federal government has until 2020 to get their data centers in top shape—or get out of owning them.
Modernization
The time to modernize government payroll systems is now
The federal government's leading evangelist of shared services explains why it makes sense to bring payroll to the cloud.
Modernization
Will an IT update revamp government?
Reimagined tech and modernization funds can accomplish only so much if policies and processes don't keep pace.
Modernization
DHS CIO plans multi-cloud strategy
John Zangardi is spinning up a cloud steering group to develop an enterprisewide strategy for DHS that will include multiple providers.
Modernization
GSA pushes agencies to adopt EIS
Some agency telecom buyers may be going slowly because of the dizzying array of services offered under GSA's $50 billion telecom contract vehicle.
Modernization
How technical debt makes government software crap, and what we can do about it
It takes a deliberate, concerted effort from experts to carefully untangle all the threads of bad software development practices and return the effort to coherence.
Emerging Tech
GSA Wants to Help Your Agency Cash in on the Technology Modernization Fund
An upcoming workshop will teach feds how best to pitch projects to a board of administration officials.
Modernization
Veterans IT Office Wants Support Through Transformation Process
The offices focused on the department’s IT infrastructure are looking for support services to help manage through a reorganization.
Modernization
After two rounds of comments, the Pentagon's long-awaited cloud solitication hits the street
The Department of Defense is adhering to a self-imposed deadline to get its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure acquisition out by the end of May, with an eye to a September award that could hit $10B.
Modernization
GSA prods agencies to get on $50B telecom contract
While acknowledging that "change is hard," officials in charge of the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions need agencies to forge ahead with telecom transition.
Modernization
DOD CIO says there can't be one cloud to rule them all
Dana Deasy told Congress at a FITARA hearing that when it comes to cloud, "there is no such thing as one solution."
Modernization
OAI looks to build permanence before it disappears
The Office of American Innovation is set to expire at the end of the Trump administration, but one key official sees its effect enduring at the agency level.
Emerging Tech
NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellite Isn’t Working Right
The satellite's “premiere” instrument gets too hot at night and engineers are struggling to find out why.
Modernization
A silver bullet for budget formulation
As agencies push modernization, they should ditch risky spreadsheets and leverage automation to improve budgeting processes.
Digital Government
U.S. Digital Service Will Teach You How to Buy the Latest Tech
Federal employees can learn best practices for digital procurement in a new certification program.
Modernization
Pentagon cracks down on personal mobile devices
Under a new policy, Defense employees and contractors are restricted from bringing their personal mobile devices into secure areas designated for processing, handling and discussion of classified information.
Modernization
Questions remain on Energy's cyber shop
There is bipartisan support to fund the Energy Department's new cybersecurity office, some on Capitol Hill want more tangibles.
Policy