Modernization
DOD scales back $950M cloud agreement
A DIUx-driven Other Transaction Authority agreement with REAN Cloud that had been DOD-wide will now be limited to U.S. Transportation Command, and given a much lower ceiling of $65 million.
Modernization
Defense Department Drastically Cuts Nearly $1B Cloud Contract
Amid industry criticism following a $950 million cloud computing contract last month, the Defense Department limited its scope and reduced its size down to $65 million.
Modernization
DOD CIO: JRSS set for 2019 completion
Acting Defense Department CIO Essye Miller said the massive Joint Regional Security Stacks program is nearly 60 percent completed and on track to be done by the end of 2019.
Modernization
OMB Names Who Will Divvy Up Modernization Funds
Here are the seven people who will evaluate agency proposals.
Modernization
Here’s How Agriculture Plans to Overhaul Its Tech
The department will cut data centers down from 39 to two—and that’s just the start, according to CIO Gary Washington.
Modernization
OMB issues final MGT Act guidance
The Office of Management and Budget is officially accepting submissions from agencies for funds to modernize their outdated technologies under the Modernizing Government Technology Act.
Modernization
DHS to launch cloud steering group
The Department of Homeland Security CIO John Zangardi said the agency was setting up a steering group to accelerate cloud adoption.
Modernization
White House Opens Applications for Technology Modernization Fund
The White House on Tuesday published guidelines for federal agencies looking to bring their IT systems into the 21st century under new legislation.
Modernization
Pentagon’s $1 Billion Cloud Deal May Signal New Era in Government Buying
Congress wants the Defense Department to buy technology faster. Now it's beginning to do just that.
Modernization
Could SCOTUS break the cloud?
In oral arguments on a critical data access case, the Supreme Court justices examined whether a 1986 communications privacy statute can be adapted to cloud computing.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard Needs Fresh IT, People to Keep Networks Secure
The service’s head of Cyber Command outlines his strategy for updating old systems and getting personnel to rethink cybersecurity.
Modernization
Cloud vendors eye key Supreme Court case
Microsoft is defending a case involving a 1986 law that will have consequences for cloud vendors and law enforcement no matter how it turns out.
Modernization
NTIA, DOD look at sharing out federal spectrum for commercial 5G
The government is going to study the possibility of making a 100 megahertz swath of spectrum available for high-speed mobile broadband.
Ideas
The Ways Mobility Will Shake Up How Government Does Business
Agencies will tap mobile devices to boost workforce productivity, delight citizens and drive greater overall mission success.
Modernization
DISA's $902M Comms Contract Hit with Protest
Hewlett Packard Enterprise submitted a protest the same day the DISA posted the award notice.
Modernization
GSA preps for new modernization fund
GSA has to wait for Technology Modernization Fund appropriation, but the agency is preparing to be ready to go, said a top official.
Modernization
Look beyond efficiency when it comes to cloud
Why innovation should be a key driver when it comes to cloud migration.
Modernization