Ideas
Building a Better Infrastructure Through Agile Integration
Approaches taken over the past decade no longer fit the needs of agile development and hybrid cloud.
Modernization
Airline IT Failures Happening With Alarming Frequency, Little Government Oversight
Airline IT failures cause problems "on par or worse" than severe weather outages, and they're happening a lot.
Modernization
Show Cloud Impact Early and Often to Boost Adoption
Find early wins and share them often, Veterans Affairs and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency officials said.
Modernization
In Kansas, Using an App to Streamline DMV Registrations
The state launched the iKan app as a way to make it easier for residents to renew driver’s licenses or vehicle registrations. A state official said it also ended up generating new revenue.
Modernization
Top U.S. Intelligence Official Says Cloud ‘One of Best Decisions We Made’
Cloud computing is changing the way U.S. spy agencies meet their missions.
Modernization
GSA Announces New On-Call Vendors for Centers of Excellence
The agency can tap a pool of 22 vendors for modernization initiatives.
Artificial Intelligence
How the CIA is Working to Ethically Deploy Artificial Intelligence
As the agency utilizes new technology, insiders are thinking critically about issues around privacy and bias.
Digital Government
Union Accuses Pentagon of Ducking Bargaining Rules With Transfers of IT Employees
IT workers at the Defense Contract Management Agency are not being given the opportunity to accept or decline being moved to the Defense Information Services Agency, labor officials said.
Ideas
4 Steps to Managing Data During a Cloud Migration
Security doesn't have to be a sticking point.
Modernization
House Appropriators Take Aim at Some of the Pentagon’s Most Ambitious Tech Ideas
The new Congress is cold on many of the Pentagon’s most elaborate projects and plans.
Modernization
HUD Is Hunting for Vendors for the Next Phase of the Centers of Excellence
The department plans to pursue six projects to improve its cloud adoption, customer experience, data analytics and customer contact centers.
Modernization
GSA Launches Online Hub to Make Cloud Adoption Easier
The Cloud Information Center will serve as a one-stop shop for agency looking to expand their use of the tech.
Modernization
VA’s EIS Telecom Transition Starts With New Accounting Platform
The agency is looking to buy a holistic financial management system to manage as much as $445 million in telecom spending a year.
Ideas
The Logical Next Step in the Technical Evolution
Military services are already embracing IT as a service. Will civilian agencies follow suit?
Modernization
Oracle Makes More Allegations in JEDI Lawsuit
Oracle filed a 125-page amended complaint with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Modernization
Only 11 Percent of Federal IT Runs on the Cloud, Watchdog Says
The Government Accountability Office found the tech’s adoption at civilian agencies has been significantly higher than in the Defense Department.
Modernization
FBI Starts Over On Enterprise IT Recompete With New Draft Solicitation
Contracting officials made some small but significant changes to the latest draft solicitation for ITECS.
Ideas
The Transformative Potential of Hybrid Cloud Within Government Agencies
Here are three ways government agencies can facilitate and accelerate their move to hybrid cloud.
Modernization
What’s Hot In Federal Tech, Per GSA’s IT Category Lead
Bill Zielinski, head of the Information Technology Category, shares the trends he’s seeing in federal IT through thousands of ongoing acquisitions governmentwide.
Modernization