Digital Government
Debating Income Equality? Get the Facts Right with this New Commerce App
A team of data gurus is hoping to transform stores of siloed government data into fresh insight into one of the toughest challenges in America.
Ideas
FITARA: The Messy Reality of Unintended Consequences
Mismanaged implementation may actually result in delays for IT delivery speed and effectiveness.
Ideas
5 Cultural Shifts Agile Brings to Agencies
Agencies can shift their approach toward agile if they’re willing to embrace some fundamental changes in government IT culture.
Ideas
10 Steps to Making Your Agency Agile
In the end, you and your teams simply need to dive in and try it out.
Ideas
7 Steps to Faster Transformation in Government
The need for transformation in government is a constant.
Digital Government
Here’s How the Pentagon Plans to Protect Security Clearance Data
The new IT systems storing background investigation forms on millions of federal employees and contractors will use end-to-end encryption.
Ideas
Don’t Ask for Permission to Use Agile. Just Start Doing It.
In attempting to move your program to agile methods, you may encounter a number of challenges more common for government program managers than for commercial firms.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Blast $1.3 Billion Price Tag for VA’s ‘Agile’ Paperless Claims System
VA still can’t say how much the system will end up costing.
Emerging Tech
18F's Agile BPA Halted Once More By New Protest
Days after GSA announced it had resolved protests and that activity on the BPA could resume, another protest was filed with GAO.
Digital Government
Protests Against 18F’s Agile Development Deal Resolved -- But Next Steps Still Unclear
Introduced as a way to speed up the technology buying process, the BPA's implementation has been sluggish.
Digital Government
Expert: Requirements Have No Place in Agile Development
“There is nothing required in agile,” said Greg Godbout, EPA chief technology officer, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
Digital Government
18F's Micropurchasing Dilemma: Is $1 for Code Too Cheap?
For the past few weeks, GSA's tech team 18F has been running a "reverse-auction" for code.
Digital Government
OMB Picks Companies for Agile Acquisition Training Pilot
ICF International and ASI Government won OMB's challenge from June.
Digital Government
New VA CIO Issues Cyber Strategy, Wants to Tackle ‘Quick Wins’
LaVerne Council said the agency submitted an enterprise cybersecurity strategy to Congress on Sept. 28, ahead of schedule.
Digital Government
18F Takes on 'Micropurchasing' Experiment
The team is building an online system that could help federal agencies make "micropurchases" for software code.
Digital Government
VA Looking for 'Agile' Contractor to Design New Vets.gov in 2 Months
Vets.gov is intended to be a Web portal with a single sign-on veterans can use to access any VA services.
Digital Government
18F's Startup-Friendly Agile BPA Hits First Hurdle -- a Protest
GSA has received multiple protests on its new contract vehicle, Nextgov confirmed.
Digital Government
18F Awards 16 Firms Spots on Agile BPA
This is the result of a six-month effort by GSA's tech consulting group.
Digital Government
A Rebooted Approach to DevOps Training
DevOps University plans to use real-world scenarios, hands-on experiences and train agency employees at both the executive and grassroots levels.
Digital Government
Federal CIO: Agile Won't Solve Everything
By itself, "agile" development won't solve the government's tech problems, Tony Scott said.
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