Software Development
Air Force CXO: We Don’t Have to Delight the User
Colt Whittall, the Air Force’s first chief experience officer, talks with Nextgov about the new role and what it will take to provide a better user experience for airmen.
An Insider’s Take on How to Focus on Government's IT Strengths
From Healthcare.gov to 18F, Ed Mullen shares insights on how APIs and user experience could fundamentally change service delivery.
Air Force Bids $95M Cloud Contract To Support Unified Cybersecurity Platform
The service plans to pick 15 vendors to support the LevelUP program with cloud-based DevOps platforms.
Achieving DevSecOps Success Depends More on Trust than Tooling
Let’s explore what’s behind the cultural clash between the development, security and operations teams.
Agencies Should Embrace Low-Code for Its Speed and Power
Drag-and-drop coding platforms can help agencies that are short on technical staff.
Accelerating Cloud Computing in Government Requires New Management Approach
CIOs must swap magic for real insights on what and how cloud technologies benefit to their agency.
The Pentagon is Trying to Enable Software to Upgrade Itself
The research could one day help the government address its legacy IT problem.
Report: Code Responsible for Equifax Breach Downloaded 21 Million Times Last Year
The situation highlights the challenge of securing open source software, which underlies virtually every IT system in government.
NIST Asks for Input on Building Secure Software
The draft framework is intended to both instruct developers on building safe tech and help IT buyers, like the government, know which companies they can trust.
The President’s Office Is Hiring An App Developer
The single-award contract will cover the entire lifecycle of development and maintenance for all apps used by the Executive Office of the President.
Russia’s Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade
For sensitive communications, the Russian government aims to replace the ubiquitous Microsoft operating system with a bespoke flavor of Linux, a sign of the country's growing IT independence.
The Pentagon Wants to Automate Software Assurance
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working to build tools that determine what security criteria certain systems must meet and check whether they hit that threshold.
VA Won’t Delay Launch of Private Care Software Tool Despite Reported Flaws
The tech will go live on June 6 even if it’s operating “at 70 percent or 50 percent,” said Secretary Robert Wilkie.
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