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Sylvia Burns promoted to Interior CIO
The department’s new chief information officer had served as acting CIO since March.
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The REAL regulatory challenge of agile development
Steve Kelman argues that TechFAR's problem with agile is at the task order level, not the contract level.
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Analytics could drive the future of VistA
The next generation of VA's electronic health record should see benefits from agency advances in predictive analytics.
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OMB launches digital services team to guide IT projects
The team will be headed by Mikey Dickerson, a former Google engineer who served on the team that helped fix HealthCare.gov.
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NASA and small biz, Pentagon and the private sector, Hagel and India
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Trudeau leaves GSA, heads to AWS
Lena Trudeau had been an evangelist within government for the Presidential Innovation Fellows program and 18F.
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Agile in government is alive (and well?)
Steve Kelman offers a non-techie's take on agile in agency IT.
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Clock is running out on procurement reform
Information Technology Industry Council officials are "not optimistic" lawmakers will act on acquisition changes before the end of the 113th Congress.
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For NRC’s Ash, information comes before technology
Nuclear Regulatory Commission CIO Darren Ash has some definite views on how technology can change government.
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DOD looking to modernize travel for employees
With the resumption of sequestration possible, the Pentagon wants to find a cheaper way to travel.
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Innovation -- even in a bureaucracy!
Rob Shelton, PriceWaterhouseCooper’s global lead for innovation strategy, contends that the key is picking the right processes.
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GAO blasts planning, oversight and cost overruns for HealthCare.gov
Politically motivated decision-making – and the over-arching desire to meet the October 2013 launch date -- also played a role in problems with the sight, according to a new report.
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Rung closer to confirmation, 18F commits to open source and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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May gets nod for permanent NIST job
Career NIST executive needs Senate confirmation to officially assume the role he's effectively played for months.
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DOD tax problems, Microsoft training and Amazon’s cloudy cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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A new player in federal IT?
Capgemini Government Solutions has been around for some time, but a new CEO sees market openings.
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Do you know who will follow you?
Editor-in-Chief Troy K. Schneider says agencies could learn from the private sector's approach to succession planning.
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State Department: Crash not 'malicious'
The Consular Consolidated Database is operating at limited capacity after a glitch crippled it July 19.
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What 'Moneyball for Government' really means
Steve Kelman argues that there are two distinct flavors of this data-driven assessment -- and that their advocates don't talk nearly as much as they should.
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