Modernization
Navy’s tech playbook serves as ‘toolkit’ for rest of government
The U.S. Navy dramatically upped its use of pilot tech programs, shuttered old technology systems and moved into the modern tech arena — and it is sharing its lessons learned from along the way.
Digital Government
NOAA seeks to improve weather forecasting through cloud migration
The agency’s administrator said his biggest challenge is data deletion as he touted the benefits of moving to the cloud.
Ideas
Chip reader technology for SNAP is a worthy investment
COMMENTARY | SNAP card security should be considered as an investment in operational efficiency, dependable access to benefits and program integrity.
Ideas
Congress is already paying for loan systems. It should pay for one.
COMMENTARY | A shared lending platform could save hundreds of millions of dollars annually, reduce fraud and speed up federal loans.
Ideas
Building the foundation for autonomous operations
COMMENTARY | In an autonomous enterprise, people and intelligent agents work together inside connected processes.
Emerging Tech
When cell service disappears, a rescue beacon developed by NASA can summon help from space
NASA-developed technology, now part of a federal and international satellite search-and-rescue network, can locate people in trouble far beyond the reach of ordinary communications.
Ideas
FAFSA's turnaround wasn't a miracle. That's the point.
COMMENTARY | Paying for their education should not depend on whether a system failed badly enough to get fixed in the first place.
Ideas
On 9/11’s 25th anniversary, modernizing government starts with remembering our past
COMMENTARY: Reflecting on 9/11 Commission-driven information sharing structural reforms
Ideas
Compliance theater is over: What FedRAMP 20x means for every vendor selling to government
COMMENTARY | Attacks now move faster than human-paced patch cycles can keep up with and a compliance program built around periodic reviews will not catch them.
Ideas
Closing federal security gaps in an era of AI-enabled attacks
COMMENTARY | Agencies that align IT, security, data and AI leadership can be prepared for the speed and scale of tomorrow’s AI threats.
Modernization
VA seeks to extend its Oracle health record contract through 2031
“This action is necessary to continue [electronic health record modernization] deployment activities and associated support services until all VA Medical Centers (VAMCs) and related facilities have fully transitioned to the EHR system,” the department said in a Sam.gov solicitation notice.
Modernization
Oversight and program management gaps slowing VA’s benefits processing system modernization, OIG says
The watchdog said cost estimate and project planning issues are among the top factors afflicting VA’s overhaul of its legacy Benefits Enterprise Platform.
Policy
Senate’s short-term funding bill provides temporary extensions for TMF, cyber data-sharing law
The continuing resolution that overwhelmingly passed the upper chamber this weekend would push the federal government’s funding deadline until Dec. 11.
Digital Government
GSA’s digital roadmap looks to enhance agencies’ services, CIO says
Efforts to speed up adoption of new capabilities have “disrupted the longstanding practice of how technology is driven into this government,” GSA CIO Dave Shive told Nextgov/FCW.
Artificial Intelligence
Transportation looks to AI to accelerate its modernization initiatives
Steven Bradbury, the agency’s deputy secretary, said AI has helped Transportation slash its software production timeline from 18 months down to 18 weeks.
Ideas
Modernization redefined: Why public sector IT leaders must put data at the center of AI architecture
COMMENTARY | Public sector organizations must put data first when making infrastructure choices.
Defense
Seizing the digital advantage at DOD
Defense Department CIO Kirsten Davies said her office is shifting away from its traditional role as a backend policy shop to become a forward-leaning strategic unit.
Digital Government
America at 250: What the Census reveals about our journey
As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the Census Bureau offers a vivid way to trace the country’s growth, movement and change from the earliest days of the republic.
Acquisition
FAA awards software and AI contract as part of air traffic control modernization
The agency’s contract with Air Space Intelligence includes deployment of a system that it says will serve as “the new technological backbone” of a modernized Air Traffic Control System Command Center.
Modernization