Technology News

• Agencies fell well short of goal to award next-generation telecom task orders

  Agencies expected to award 58 task orders under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract by March 31, but instead awarded 10, putting the $50 billion program on a path similar to the last telecommunications transition debacle.

  Reporter's Notebook
  8 hours ago
• Air Force testing next generation help desk with 70K users as part of EITaaS

  Bill Marion, the Air Force’s chief information officer, said through one of the enterprise IT-as-a-service pilot programs, the service is reimagining help desk and end user support services.

  Ask the CIO
  9 hours ago
• IRS tackles ‘new ground’ juggling stimulus payments with extended filing season

  The IRS faces a three-pronged challenge: disbursing stimulus checks, extending the tax filing season to July 15 and carrying all of this out with about half of its employees working from home.

  Technology
  10 hours ago
• New DHS guidance to address long-standing network issues as telework exacerbates the problems

  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will release a telework-focused temporary Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 directive to give agency networks some relief as more employees are working remotely.

  Exclusive
  April 03, 2020
• How will COVID-19 impact long term trends in contracting?

  Rich Beutel, founder of Cyrrus Analytics, offers some predictions for how the coronavirus will reshape how agencies buy products and services.

  Commentary
  April 03, 2020
• Maintaining collaboration during a pandemic

  Teleworking is great for email, phone calls, and futzing with documents online. But what about the detailed collaboration needed to keep your agency or company’s projects moving along properly?

  Workforce
  April 03, 2020
• Be more like Susan — make telework a way of life

  With a majority of federal employees teleworking, here are some best practices and lessons learned from experienced teleworkers for how you can be successful in your new “office” and approach to managing.

  Workforce
  April 03, 2020
• JAIC readies ‘AI champions’ as commission recommends doubling R&D spending

  For the United States to stay on top of the global arms race for artificial intelligence, a commission stood up by Congress recommends a two-fold path: collaborate with its closest allies, and double the amount of research spending proposed by the Trump administration.

  Artificial Intelligence
  April 03, 2020
• Army National Guard moves to modern personnel system, gives soldiers mobile access

  More than 330,000 Army National Guard members can now use the IPPS-A system.

  Defense
  April 02, 2020
• Inside the supercomputer being used in the fight against coronavirus

  The Energy Department is bringing something a little larger to the coronavirus fight, the IBM Summit supercomputer.

  Technology
  April 02, 2020