IT Modernization
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Army platforms depend on software, and software has to run on the often old or limited hardware mounted aboard ground vehicles.
October 12, 2023 -
Laurence Brewer, the chief records officer for the National Archives and Records Administration, said a new bulletin and a new report demonstrates ongoing challenges to collecting records from emerging technologies.
October 10, 2023 -
Leo Garciga, the Army’s new chief information officer, said accelerating systems move to the cloud, improving the use of DevSecOps and managing and using data better are among his top priorities.
October 09, 2023 -
Case management is nothing new in government, but the unprecedented complexity of modern case management scenarios and the need for more flexibility in managing them are pushing the limits of legacy case management systems that many federal agencies still rely on today.
October 06, 2023 -
Changes mandated by the bold and encompassing executive order to transform federal customer experience and service delivery in the U.S. are becoming more visible. It’s been about a year since $100 million of the Technology Modernization Fund was publicly directed to projects that cut red tape for both citizens and government employees.
October 05, 2023 -
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many customers engaged with government sectors via physical payments of some kind, whether by mail-in checks or standing in line at the utility office to pay in person. Since the start of the pandemic, digital interactions with government services have increased by 36%, and that number is expected to continue to rise.
October 04, 2023 -
A cross-agency team focused on how the federal government can improve public-facing services online is looking at text messages as the new frontier for better customer experience.
October 03, 2023 -
For government leaders, a mindset shift towards being post-digital will create more strategic opportunities for better meeting the mission. Having ubiquitous and autonomous data doing all of the work on the back-end, it will be easier to create individualized and on-demand services for addressing any constituent need.
October 03, 2023 -
Andre Mendes, the chief information officer at the Department of Commerce, was one of several agency technology executives pushing for more consistency around cyber metrics under the FITARA scorecard.
October 02, 2023 -
In the rapidly evolving landscape of wireless communications, O-RAN presents a disruptive innovation that is driving transformation. By fostering a more competitive environment, O-RAN is facilitating the development of more innovative, efficient and cost-effective solutions, setting the stage for the next era of wireless connectivity.
October 02, 2023 -
As the government continues to modernize, zero trust remains a top priority. Agencies can leverage this potential influx of funding to make strategic investments that achieve zero trust goals.
September 29, 2023 -
Recently, MITRE and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Open-Sourced Extension of MITRE's Caldera platform, specifically for operational technology. This is meant to be utilized by security teams to run automated adversary emulation exercises that are specifically focused on threats to operational technology.
September 29, 2023 -
Modernization requires understanding the ultimate users’ needs and the challenges constituents have dealing with systems an agency might deploy. A principal challenge to modernization, according to Guidehouse partner Arijeet Roy, stems from the cost of maintaining and operating legacy systems.
September 29, 2023 -
The majority of federal, state and local authorities still rely on paper-based processes and legacy systems that are unable to exchange data with each other. As a result, government organizations often struggle with inefficiencies, disorganization…
September 28, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top IT officials say warning bells didn’t sound when its website experienced problems, leading to a delayed response to address the issue.
September 27, 2023