Acquisition
The ABCs of 18F
When GSA announced its in-house development startup, it got people talking, and not all the chatter was positive.
Modernization
NFV: Turning network activities into software
Network functions virtualization promises to save time and money by running components such as firewalls and intrusion detection as virtual machines.
Digital Government
Video: Are you smarter than a dinosaur?
NASA's newest crowdsourcing initiative seeks better algorithms for identifying humanity-threatening asteroids.
People
Cobert: TechStat will adapt to agile development
A renewed focus on improving IT delivery in the wake of HealthCare.gov’s troubles includes intervening earlier in the development cycle and examining the direction and risk of projects at the pilot stage.
Acquisition
ICE license plate-reader solicitation canceled
The DHS agency was seeking a company to build a smart phone-accessible database of license plate information that agents could use in the field.
Digital Government
GSA offers prizes for travel data tool
The top three entries in the Travel Data Challenge will share $90,000 in prize money.
Digital Government
DARPA wants better ways to search the web
Research agency says that while current iterations of search engines have proven successful commercially, they don't always work as well for some government applications.
Cybersecurity
Feds seek industry input for info-sharing architecture
The architecture is intended to make information sharing between federal agencies easier and less legally burdensome.
People
Agencies and Agile: How to make it work
A new report helps agency leaders understand what the popular approach to software development can offer complex government projects.
Modernization
Next up for acquisition workforce: virtual training
The Federal Acquisition Institute wants to develop mobile apps to help employees experiment with techniques and strategies in a low-risk environment.
Modernization
Keys to IT innovation are in the approach
“The way we buy IT is a lot like the way we used to buy tanks and aircraft carriers,” said DHS's Keith Trippie. And he didn’t mean it in a good way.
Digital Government
COBOL still integral to government systems
If the hundreds of billions of lines of COBOL code ceased to function, stoplights would crash, ATM machines would fail and a whole host of other systems would fail.
Digital Government
Mobile challenges go beyond the technical
When developing mobile apps, federal agencies face a variety of obstacles in meeting users’ needs.
Modernization
The scary truth about modernization
Delaying efforts to update or replace old IT systems has serious implications for agencies’ ability to achieve their missions.
Digital Government
Survey says platform-as-a-service can save $20.5 billion in IT
By reducing software development time by 31 percent, the government can boost efficienty at cheaper costs.
People
Who's helping (and who's not) on the 'tech surge'
CMS identifies "emblematic" private-sector contributors and clarifies team structures, as Issa presses tech firms for assistance details.
Acquisition
GSA to update IT procurement web portal
Agency seeks better tools for site supporting Networx, WITS 3 and Connections II.
People
Report: Modular projects are more successful
A two-part study examines the benefits 200 federal IT managers attribute to using modular development methods over the traditional waterfall approach in IT projects.
Cybersecurity
CBP's development program paying dividends
Overflow crowds pack development meetings for Automated Commercial Environment.
Cybersecurity