Modernization
Pentagon Announces Industry Day For Major Cloud Acquisition
The Defense Department will host an industry day for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud acquisition on March 7.
Modernization
DOE plans cyber office, supercomputing expansion
The Energy Department budget would support a new infrastructure cybersecurity office and high-capacity computing efforts.
Ideas
Why the Cloud Is Inevitable For Federal Agencies
Despite years of top-down push, there's been minimal buy-in from agencies.
Modernization
DOD to clarify its cloud plans with industry day
As industry speculation continues to swirl, the Pentagon's cloud steering group will discuss its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud acquisition.
Modernization
VA Secretary on $10B Health Records Contract: ‘We Have To Get This One Right’
The Trump administration requested $1.2 billion in fiscal 2019 for a commercial health records contract, which the department is expected to award by March.
Cybersecurity
Federal Agencies More Secure than Contractors, Study Finds
Contractors may be a cybersecurity liability, according to the study.
Emerging Tech
GSA Changes Lineup for Final Alliant 2 Small Business
The agency made some swaps on the $15 billion sister to Alliant 2 Unrestricted since the pre-award notice.
Modernization
Report: Most Feds Break Smartphone Security Rules
Despite agency policies, many federal employees download unauthorized apps and connect personal devices to agency networks.
Policy
What Trump’s Budget Says About the Administration’s IT Priorities
The president’s budget proposal is more about priorities than actual funding. So what does it tell us?
Digital Government
Big Deal: General Dynamics Buys CSRA
General Dynamics just became an even bigger player in the federal IT space with its purchase of CSRA.
Modernization
How NTIA is trying to push 5G
The federal government looking to encourage 5G wireless tech by trimming regulations and making it easier for carriers to use federal property for cell sites.
Ideas
What Happens When You Can't Share or Access Your Own Data?
Agencies can avoid vendor lock-in with hybrid open source software.
Modernization
Army looks at redefining its classified networks
Army leaders hope to modernize mobile networks through secure but unclassified pathways.
Modernization
EIS vendors show progress on testing
Major carriers on the government's $50 billion telecommunications contract are advancing on required systems testing.
Modernization
SEWP Boosts Customer Experience While Cutting Its Fee
The vast majority of customers seem to be happy with NASA’s IT acquisition vehicle but the quest for better customer experience never ends.
Modernization
DOD Awards $950 Million Cloud Contract to REAN Cloud
The Defense Department makes another cloud move.
Modernization
Protest Filed on $7 Million DOD Cloud Support Contract
The bid protest could slow down the Pentagon’s cloud acquisition effort.
Modernization
DOD Issued a $7 Million Cloud Support Contract To a Company With One Employee
The Defense Department awarded a sole-source contract to Eagle Harbor Solutions, an Alaska-based small business with a single employee, to consult in its major cloud acquisition.
Emerging Tech
HHS Kicks Off Tour to Entice Startups
Agency officials are heading on a cross-country tour to demystify selling to the government.
Modernization