IT Modernization
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New survey of chief information officers from the Professional Services Council and Attain, and interviews with agency leaders, show they are implementing new technology at a rate that isn’t as far behind industry as it used to be.
January 19, 2021 -
Buried in the next pandemic spending proposal from Joe Biden are big dollars for federal IT.
January 18, 2021 -
DISA launched its cloud-based internet isolation program as a way to keep malware off of DoD networks, but it also reduced the need for expensive IT infrastructure upgrades.
January 18, 2021 -
Sean Frazier, federal CSO at Okta, discusses identity management, lifecycle management, and some of the challenges of identification for Robotic Process Automation.
January 15, 2021 -
President-elect Biden announces American Rescue Plan that includes significant funding increases for federal technology and cybersecurity to address long-standing challenges.
January 15, 2021 -
In reviewing 15 large software development programs underway in the Defense Department, congressional auditors found that cyber concerns have the potential to stretch out projects or boost costs.
January 13, 2021 -
For John Beieler, the director of Science and Technology for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, that means making sure agencies invest in S&T capabilities.
January 12, 2021 -
Former EPA CIO Ann Dunkin urges the new leadership in the Biden administration to make GSA a cabinet level position with chief operating authority, so that it can coordinate and drive technology innovation across the federal government.
January 11, 2021 -
DHS has a new chief information security officer, while the State Department has a new chief data officer and HHS names the first chief artificial intelligence officer as these are some of the changes in the federal technology community over the last few weeks.
January 11, 2021 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Michael Geist, senior vice president of Strategy and Technology at Envistacom, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the step that federal agencies can take to protect data transmitted from satellites.
January 11, 2021 -
The new year brings an ongoing challenge for federal agencies: How to get past their legacy information technology? There's only one way to modernize, and that's the old fashioned way - with more emphasis on people, skills, and using acquisition with a little more flair.
January 06, 2021 -
The Social Security Administration has developed a plan for modernizing its information technology, which is key to its ability to keep carrying out its mission. But the agency's advisory board authorized an outside panel of IT experts to look at the plan.
January 06, 2021 -
Michael Beckley is co-founder and CTO of Appian and he submits that we should take a whole new look at upgrading and automating enterprise systems.
January 05, 2021 -
With working capital funds, maybe agencies can finally close the service gap with industry.
January 04, 2021 -
A panel of federal experts offered opinions and insights about what IT and procurement topics that rose to the forefront in 2020 and impacted agencies and contractors alike.
December 28, 2020