IT Modernization
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The "non-recurring expenses fund" doesn't have a flashy name, but it could become a "significant tool" for DHS to make both IT and facilities improvements.
June 23, 2023 -
The directorate is being led by former USDS official Dana Chisnell. The goal is to support DHS's "high impact service providers" and other components.
June 20, 2023 -
Even with some evident progress, federal agencies need to move faster to meet the administration’s ambitious climate goals
June 20, 2023 -
The State Department’s Foreign Service is recruiting a new generation of its IT workforce, and training them to support its diplomatic mission at posts across the globe.
June 19, 2023 -
Data offers a better solution for bolstering supply chain resilience. With a robust system, it’s possible to consolidate data across the supply chain from disparate sources using automated workflows that are supported by artificial intelligence.
June 19, 2023 -
Love 'em or have 'em, federal proposed rules have a habit of becoming final. For contracting officers in the Defense Department, the latest acquisition regulation means they're obligated to use the Supplier Performance Risk System in evaluating bids.
June 16, 2023 -
In the view of one business group, the Federal Data Strategy needs a top-to-bottom rethinking. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says the strategy simply doesn't serve the needs of a government trying to modernize and digitize.
June 15, 2023 -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seems kind of new at a mere 20 years of age. But it has a lot of really old information technology, politely called, "legacy systems." The Government Accountability Office gave DHS a list of recommendations for modernizing. But, as you might have guessed, there's still a lot of work to do.
June 14, 2023 -
Andrea Brandon, the deputy assistant secretary for budget, finance, grants and acquisition for the Interior Department, said the agency has implemented robotics process automation across six areas and several others are in the works.
June 13, 2023 -
Harrison Smith, the director of the Enterprise Digitization Office at the IRS, said the tax agency is preparing for the influx of new funding by identifying small, but impactful modernization projects.
June 12, 2023 -
Kurt DelBene, VA’s chief information officer and assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology, said he will hold contractors more accountable through smaller tasks and specific metrics of success.
June 09, 2023 -
While the federal contracting world was worrying about a giant but slow-moving contractor cybersecurity requirement from the Defense Department, Veterans Affairs went ahead with a doozy of its own.
June 08, 2023 -
The new organization that's now leading technology strategy for the Office of the Secretary of Defense's 19,000 employees thinks it has a workable plan to start treating OSD's 17 disparate components as a coherent IT enterprise.
June 08, 2023 -
The State Department, facing a historic increase in passport applicants, is looking to ramp up hiring and modernize its IT systems to drive down wait times.
June 07, 2023 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration is looking to accelerate its use of automation tools this summer, to keep pace with its workload and break new records on the number of claims it can process in a year.
June 07, 2023