How is the Department of Homeland Security evolving its IT to meet the demands of the current landscape?
Federal CIO Clare Martorana has been briefing lawmakers about awards and the impact of the Technology Modernization Fund to ensure transparency and accountability.
Sharon Woods, the director of Hosting and Compute Center at DISA, said her office if building more modern cloud capabilities including a containters-as-a-service offering.
Amy Haseltine, the deputy assistant commissioner for acquisitions in the Office of the IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service, said GSA is offering a neutral environment to address EIS transition challenges.
Janet Vogel, the former acting CIO and chief information security officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, recently retired after 40 years of federal service.
Kurt DelBene, the VA’s assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer, said he will push the agency to having a more agile, customer focused digital experience.
Dan York, the director of data transparency for Office of Governmentwide Policy at GSA, said the new portal should make IT spending data more available, more transparent and more visible.
GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is putting a larger focus on customer experience both on the front end systems and back end processes.
Paul Puckett, the director of the Army's Enterprise Cloud Management Agency, said the cArmy platform and CAMO vehicle demonstrate how to optimize cloud buying for the entire service.
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said the final zero trust strategy gives the federal government an opportunity to lead the conversation for how best to improve cybersecurity.
Hannah Hunt, the chief product and innovation officer for the Army Software Factory, said the third cohort of DevSecOps trainees started in January.
Mark Borkowski, the assistant commissioner in the Office of Acquisition and the chief acquisition officer at CBP in the Homeland Security Department said he is developing a new policy to improve how the agency manages supply chain risks.
Michael Duffy, an associate director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Homeland Security Department, said meeting the recent Binding Operational Directive will be driven by the CDM program.
Like their federal brethren, state government chief information officers found themselves in an expanded role over the last few years.
Vid Desai, FDA’s chief information officer, said the new Office of Digital Transformation will improve their ability to govern more effectively, reduce the duplication and the fragmentation of technology initiatives.