Ideas
4 Steps to Consider When Creating a Cloud Strategy in 2016
To become a source of competitive advantage, federal IT administrators implementing a cloud strategy should consider the following steps.
Emerging Tech
VA Hires Part of HealthCare.gov 'Rescue Team' to Run Vets.gov
The new VA site is supposed to be a single sign-on portal hosting all online veteran services.
Digital Government
Attention CIOs, Stay on Top of FITARA Even During Presidential Transition
OMB plans to issue new IT budget planning guidance that would “focus on empowering agency CIOs.”
Digital Government
Labor Department Launches New Jobs Site for Vets
Veterans.gov -- separate from Vets.gov -- puts agencies’ employment resources in one place.
Artificial Intelligence
White House Envisions an Artificially Intelligent Government
A working group plans to convene next week to discuss AI pilots.
Modernization
3 Steps for Resurrecting Your Useless Zombie Apps
Over time, many of those early agency apps became “zombies” skulking in the dark corners of the app stores, purposeless and all but dead
Emerging Tech
Twitter Tips from the Education Dept: Don't Try to be 'the Cool Mom'
FAFSA’s team is known for its social engagement and its ability to leverage prominent hashtags, like yesterday’s #Maythe4thbewithyou.
Digital Government
New Bill Says Enough of 'E-Gov' Already
The 2002 legislation aimed to push the government toward using “Internet-based information technology to enhance citizen access to government information and services.”
Ideas
How Multifactor Authentication Can Play a Role in the Cybersecurity National Action Plan
Imagine how much more efficient high-security financial processes could run within the government if employees could use information determined by physical elements of the user’s body, such as a fingerprint or retina, or proximity to wireless devices.
Digital Government
Introducing the New FITARA Channel
The new addition will cover the ins and outs of Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act policymaking.
Digital Government
Pentagon CIO in Hot Seat Over Windows 10 'Endorsement'
Halvorsen’s remarks in support of the Microsoft operating system are “unprecedented,” according to one trade group.
Digital Government
Are Agencies Drowning in Data Mandates?
There's the DATA Act, the OPEN Government Act and others. Can agencies keep up?
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Cutting-Edge Plan to Prevent an Asteroid Strike is Straight out of Science Fiction
The truth is, there's not much we can do if an asteroid veers too close to Earth.
Management
Justice Department Nails Fraudsters Who Exploited IRS Data Breach
Georgia couple that used 'Get my Transcript' tool to collect unmerited refunds pleads guilty.
Digital Government
Is the Pentagon’s Innovation Unit Too Cozy with Silicon Valley?
Lawmakers are concerned by the "pinpoint focus on one geographic region" in the Defense Department's innovation efforts.
Workforce
How States Can Improve Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing With the Feds
Virginia has taken a number of steps to boost interoperability with federal agencies: consolidating network infrastructure, investing in fusion centers and filling its cyber workforce gap with community college grads.
Cybersecurity
Ex-Hacker: If You Get Hacked, Sue Somebody
The days of software companies having built-in legal “liability protections” are about to come to an end, one expert says.
Modernization
Homeland Security Wants Government To Get Better at Mobile Security
A new document includes insights for chief information officers, business owners and developers.
Digital Government
Facebook for Trees: The Forest Service’s Quest to Make a Tree Database More User-Friendly
The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land
Digital Government