USDA and HUD are taking advantage of both the Technology Modernization Fund and the Centers of Excellence to jumpstart IT modernization efforts.
Jason Gray, the Education Department’s chief information officer, said IT modernization is all about making both the policy and the infrastructure more flexible, agile and customer focused.
Renee Wynn, the NASA CIO, said during the upcoming ACT-IAC ELC ImaginationNation conference she’s interested in learning about SDN and zero trust networks.
Alan Thomas, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said the Technology Modernization Fund and the EIS contract are helping to push agencies toward better IT services.
Dave Bottom, CIO in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at DHS, said upgrading to Windows 10 will buoy its larger IT modernization effort.
Ken Rogers, the State Department’s deputy chief information officer for business management and planning, said a two-year review effort led to a new IT modernization implementation plan.
Kathy Cutler, the director of DLA’s Information Operations, said its new Business Decision Analytics tool is revealing potential and real threats.
Shawn McCarthy, the research director for IDC Government Insights, said spending on legacy systems has increased by 13 percent over the last five years alone.
The Information Security Oversight Office's annual report offers 13 recommendations for how to handle classified information.
David Powner left the Government Accountability Office in early August after spending 16 years overseeing federal technology management issues.
NRC CIO Dave Nelson said it just took one success and a little time to get the NRC on board with cloud services.
Leonel Garciga, the CTO of the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat Organization, has taken a new approach to open source.
Jerry Davis retired from federal services after more than 20 years, including the last five as the NASA Ames CIO.
Adriane Burton, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s CIO, said a new data analytics platform is key to improving how HRSA manages its grants process.
Frank Konieczny, the Air Force CIO, said the service is figuring out how to authenticate connected devices.