IT Modernization
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Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt, the deputy assistant secretary for contracting in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, said 80% of companies who won contracts at Pitch Days were non-traditional contractors.
December 20, 2019 -
The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the 9th version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard provided some interesting insights beyond the grades for each agency.
December 17, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office found GSA will not recover the costs to run the Technology Modernization Fund until 2025 and highlighted other delays in the projects in terms of paying back the loans.
December 16, 2019 -
Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure Sales at Forcepoint, joins John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the implications of a federal agencies' move to the cloud.
December 13, 2019 -
The robotics process automation community of practice will release a new RPA playbook for agencies next month. Gerard Badorrek, the RPA community's chair, said the playbook will serve as a guide for agencies at various stages of the implementation process.
December 13, 2019 -
Continued U.S. leadership in nearly every area of science and technology will depend on a sound system of computing resources.
December 13, 2019 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee released the ninth version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard with 20 of 24 agencies improving or maintaining their scores.
December 11, 2019 -
Scott Algier, the executive director of the IT Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), said cyber threat intelligence is a useful tool for agencies and industry leadership once they’re on the same page about what it entails.
December 11, 2019 -
Matthew Cornelius left the Office of Management and Budget after almost three years to become the executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI), an industry association, while USDA, OPM and the FCC gain new senior executives.
December 10, 2019 -
If agencies don’t have the integrated, trusted, accessible data that they need to meet mission objectives, projects and success will be at risk.
December 09, 2019 -
Congress is worried a 10-year, $2.5 billion financial management business transformation initiative is getting lost in the shuffle at the Department of Veterans Affairs, as several other IT initiatives consume the agency's time and resources.
December 06, 2019 -
Roger Greenwell, the chief information officer, the authoring official and risk management executive at DISA, said the agency is focused on understanding where the cyber threats are, how does it take that information and make sure they are addressing those key protection priorities.
December 06, 2019 -
The commercialization of space and the launches of clouds of small, capable satellites have revolutionized geospatial intelligence.
December 04, 2019 -
Brian Boxman, vice president of Sales Mid Atlantic and Public Sector at Talend, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal IT professionals mange, collect, cleanse and move large data sets at their agencies.
November 27, 2019 -
Beth Angerman, the principal deputy associate administrator in GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy, resigned after almost 15 years in government, including the last six heading up the governmentwide shared services initiative.
November 25, 2019