Modernization
GAO: VA’s Multibillion-Dollar Financial System Overhaul Needs Hard Goals
User satisfaction seems to be rising with new deployments but auditors say it’s hard to measure using current metrics.
Policy
Biden Requests Significant IT, Cyber Investment Increases for 2023
Tech and cybersecurity spending would receive major boosts under President Joe Biden’s proposed 2023 budget.
Modernization
Senate bill would push replacement of legacy IT systems
A new bipartisan bill would effectively force agencies to identify and replace their critically outdated legacy information technology systems while drafting new modernization plans with the help of the Office of Management and Budget.
Modernization
Congressional Publishing Arm Plans for New Software to ‘Take Over’ Print Documentation
Director Hugh Halpern said the agency wants to bring more efficient documentation software to Capitol Hill and other public agencies.
Digital Government
GSA's DUNS Replacement Set to Go Live
The General Services Administration is ready to flip the switch in early April on the non-proprietary entity identifier that is replacing the old DUNS number in federal contracting systems.
Modernization
TSA to Overhaul its Credentialing System with $199 Million Contract Award
The Transportation Security Administration partnered with Accenture to modernize its security reporting and credentialing systems.
Digital Government
TMF Announces Two New Awards
The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission and the Selective Service System are in line for IT modernization funding boosts.
Modernization
IRS announces new office focusing on taxpayer experience
One of several lines of effort at the IRS to improve customer experience is digital services, which will include efforts ranging from digital signatures to expanded online payment options.
Cybersecurity
Federal Agencies Take Mitigating Steps To Protect Internet Infrastructure
A new report examines public agency practices to prevent the exploitation of vulnerabilities within the modern internet framework.
Digital Government
Cost Overruns and Delays for OPM's Trust Fund Modernization
OPM is working to modernize the legacy financial system that manages retirement, health benefits and life insurance programs, but it's behind schedule and over budget.
Ideas
Research Reveals AI Gaps in Federal IT Modernization
Only one-quarter of study participants saw AI as critical or very valuable to their modernization efforts, and one-third saw it as not very/not at all valuable.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Inches Closer to Unleashing Two New Supercomputers
A storage capabilities supplier shared fresh details on the in-the-making systems.
Digital Government
Upcoming Department of Energy Playbook Aims to Guide Innovation 'in Big Ways'
Energy CIO Anne Dunkin discussed the agency’s vision for a broadly-applicable modernization playbook to help federal organizations strategically upgrade outdated technology.
Digital Government
State Department Confirms ‘Defect’ Led to Resolved Global IT Outage
Officials said it had nothing to do with malicious foreign activity.
Modernization
Energy Department Plans to Release Guide to Scaling IT Modernization
The agency has found success in taking small steps to deploying large-scale changes.
Modernization
Watchdog Finds IT Scorecards Effective In Monitoring Federal Modernization Efforts
A new report highlights the benefits FITARA grading has had on modernizing tech within the government, despite recent failing grades.
Emerging Tech
Data is the Fuel of Digital Transformation, Officials Say
Federal officials shared how they're tackling digital transformation.
Modernization
Digital Transformation Goes Nowhere Without Vision, NASA Official Says
The space agency has major plans to transform its operations.
Modernization
Coast Guard Completes Financial System Modernization
The Coast Guard is the latest agency to update its financial software systems as more federal agencies continue modernization efforts.
Modernization