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As technology has figuratively led to a shrinking of the Earth, the State Department has embraced cloud technology to streamline and organize its IT organization, the Bureau of Information Resource Management.
Read moreFederal agencies are some dozen years into concerted efforts at cloud computing adoption. Policy has evolved from the initial cloud first to the current cloud smart. And the commercial cloud services industry has also come a long way, as providers have grown from simply infrastructure hosts.
Among the reasons federal agencies should pursue multiple cloud computing strategies is simply this: Commercial clouds are not identical. They not only have varying technical offerings, they also have varying degrees of maturity and therefore suitability for what a government agency might be trying to accomplish.
The Army Corps of Engineers operates in both the military and civilian realms, whether dredging bases to maintain warship access to bases or looking after the health of dams and levees that protect cities. Its information needs match the diversity of its missions.
Here’s what we know about how a global IT outage, sparked by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, is impacting federal agencies.
FSAFEDS enrollees will also soon have to transition to Login.gov and complete an identity verification to continue accessing their accounts.
Ideal collaboration will drive a continuous loop in which industry invests, develops and demonstrates with federal agency end user requirements top of mind.
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee called the delays with the next-generation background investigation system a “disaster.”
DISA’s PEO for transport, which is essentially the internet for the Defense Department, is looking for capabilities that have lifespan standards.
NARA has approved limited exceptions to the electronic records deadline, but many agencies have shifted away from paper-based processes.
“Advana was like a victim of its own success — it scaled tremendously over the last few years.” said Radha Plumb.
The potency of AI and implementation of data enabled missions hinges on skilled talent.