Software Development

White House CIO Needs Contractor to Help with App Development

The Office of the CIO put out a notice on a new five-year contract to assist with all sorts of application management needs.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Understanding Today’s Mobile Software Supply Chain Risks

The reality is that supply chain risk is also a concern in the software frontier.

  • By Tim LeMaster

Dispelling DevSecOps Myths and Maximizing the Potential

For starters, federal agencies don’t need to rush out and hire “super developers.”

  • By Jimmy Pham and Martin Folkoff

Air Force Turns to GSA Pilot for DevOps Platform

The Air Force is using GSA’s Commercial Solutions Opening pilot program to speed through the acquisition process.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Prioritizing for Migration to the Cloud

A thoughtful roadmap help, even when obstacles pop up.

  • By Charles Fullwood

The Hottest Tools in Coding This Year Included React and Python

Programming trends can offer insight into what businesses are investing in.

  • By Dan Kopf, Quartz

Software Development Is Dead

No code required. Almost.

  • By Dustin Sitton

Bypassing Procurement Can Introduce Some Unwanted Visitors

Agencies need to make sure they vet open source code for vulnerabilities before they use it.

  • By Dave Egts

TSA Wants Industry Input on Its Proposed Agile Contract Vehicle

The agency plans to tap the contracts for its modernization initiatives.

  • By Jack Corrigan

How to Stop Technical Debt from Eating Your IT Budget

Before federal agencies can modernize, they need to figure out how to tackle the workarounds in old systems.

  • By Dave McClure

How to Overcome Technical Debt in IT Modernization Projects

The shortcuts you take to make deadline can come back to bite you later.

  • By Subhash Kari and Viktor Pylypenko

Rapid Prototyping to Improve Government Systems

Two former U.S. Digital Service staffers on their approach to iterative design and software development.

  • By Stephanie Nguyen and Sabrina Williams

The Defense Innovation Board’s 10 Essential Rules for Developing Software

The “commandments” adapt industry best practices for the Pentagon, but every agency could learn from them.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Veterans Affairs Wasted Closer to $2 Billion On Failed IT Projects

The department misspent even more than government investigators initially believed in attempting to modernize its health records system.

  • By Frank Konkel

4 Principles for Making Digital Transformations Work

Government agencies can complete effective digital transformations but it takes new technologies and management practices.

  • By Steve Cheng and Mark McMillan

Breaking Down What DevOps Means

Five considerations for federal agencies looking to adopt the DevOps philosophy.

  • By Colby Proffitt

Homeland Security's Top Buyer: Still All-In In Agile

The department needs to do a better job “taking the fear out of innovation,” Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa said.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath

3 Strategies for Building Successful Agile Teams

With agile, it’s all about speed, adaptability and collaboration—all for the sake of accelerated, better application development.

  • By Matthew Schenck

An Insider's Take on What Went Wrong with DHS' Agile Contract

Former Digital Services Head Eric Hysen took to Medium to share his thoughts on FLASH’s failure.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath

What Went Wrong with DHS' Agile Contract?

The department wants to cancel its $1.54 billion agile software contracting vehicle.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath