Modernization
Shifting Priorities, Metrics Lead To Relatively Flat FITARA Grades
The latest scorecard showed agencies are making progress in key areas. But new metrics and a few backslides brought most grades back down.
Modernization
10 Government Legacy Systems Cost Taxpayers $337 Million Every Year
Outdated tech can be costly.
Policy
Agencies a Step Closer to Open Data, Chief Data Officers
The OPEN Government Data Act, tucked inside the Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act, passed the House.
Policy
IT Modernization Bill Heads to President
Congress passes the Modernizing Government Technology Act as part of the defense authorization bill.
Policy
Lawmakers to Agencies on FITARA: Get It Together
A House oversight committee pushed IT leaders to set more ambitious upgrade goals after its fifth assessment of federal agencies’ technology.
Digital Government
Agency Scores Fall in Latest FITARA Scorecard
The new metric on software licensing knocked many agencies' grades down.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog: Agencies Find Old Development Habits Die Hard
Only four agencies had policies and processes in place to develop software in increments.
Emerging Tech
Farmers to Congress: We Need Broadband, Too
Agriculture and energy companies in rural areas want to find efficiencies with internet of things devices, but lack of high-speed access is a problem
Modernization
Pentagon: We Want You — to Get Us Into The Cloud Much Faster
We need the private sector's help to vault DOD into the world of elastic computing and machine learning.
Digital Government
Fate of Chief Data Officers Relies on Which Data Transparency Bill Passes
Two different versions of the OPEN Government Data Act are working their way through Congress.
Cybersecurity
Army and Navy Cyber Command Ready Way Ahead of Schedule
The services reached the milestone a year ahead of schedule.
Emerging Tech
Astronauts Have Been Dealing With the Same Crappy Printers for 17 Years
Even people on the International Space Station deal with paper jams and ink shortages.
Modernization
Federal Data Center Spending Climbing Despite Reduction Efforts
IDC predicts slow growth over the next few years.
Policy
Could FedRAMP Approvals Be Used to Buy All Government Technology?
The New Democrats Coalition pushes the government to adopt shared technology certifications and a national breach notification standard.
Artificial Intelligence
GSA Launches Guide for Tech-Curious Agencies
The online resource focuses on practical applications of emerging technologies.
Emerging Tech
FDA CIO: Agile Is Simply Good Business
One thing agencies need to do is get out of a reactive mode, the agency's CIO Todd Simpson said.
Emerging Tech
Survey: 42% of Feds Say Increasing Workloads Merit More Automation
More than 75 percent of respondents said they spend at least a quarter of their workday on tedious administrative tasks.
Ideas
Using Technology to Aid the Opioid Crisis' Innocent Victims
Manual processes are holding back the way governments could support children and families in crisis.
Emerging Tech
5 Ways Congress Can Grow the Internet of Things
A trade association asked Congress to pass legislation that would advance connected technology in the United States.
Ideas