As the Army migrates all its PCs to Windows 10 over the next year, and the Army’s helpdesk isn’t yet equipped to handle the surge of tech support calls.
Even after transitioning four systems to shared services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development still doesn't have what it needs. All this is documented in the latest study from the Government Accountability Office. Valerie Melvin, director of Information Management and Technology Resources issues at GAO, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Is your agency swamped with data? This week on Federal Tech Talk, Monica McEwen, public sector director at Qlick will explain how her company uses data analytics to help federal IT professionals take diverse streams of information and make sense of them. August 16, 2016
Cloud has become a necessity for holding the large amounts of data generated by the so-called internet of things phenomenon. That's according to an analysis of spending patterns from Govini. Govini analyst Matt Hummer and the FCC's Chief Information Officer David Bray join Federal Drive with Tom Temin to add some context.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is dramatically expanding the time and budget for the second iteration of government-operated MilCloud service.
The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program is introducing two new tools this month to speed up and simplify the authorization process for cloud standards providers.
DHS, EPA, 18F and others are developing separate contracts for dev/ops services, creating both a much needed culture change, but possibly also another area where contract proliferation and duplication reign.
President Barack Obama signed the MEGABYTE Act into law, and GSA released two new shared services offerings to keep the “slow” summer months hopping.
What are the current issues facing the government contracting market? Find out when Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. August 8, 2016
Intelligence analysts say a new Defense Department data gathering policy helps civil liberties and intelligence work.
Rob Klopp, the SSA chief information officer, and Rob Thomas, the deputy assistant secretary and principal deputy CIO in VA’s Office of Information and Technology, both are focusing on workforce training to move off legacy systems.
Two feds who have experience moving to the cloud offered up lessons learned from their experience, including the one thing that makes all the difference.
The federal government is lagging behind the private sector when it comes to innovation, but that doesn't mean employees can't kickstart their offices to embrace change.
A third memo from the administration since 2009 is pushing agencies to consolidate, optimize and move data centers to the cloud.
Kevin Desanto, co-founder and managing director of KippsDesanto and Nick Wakeman, editor of Washington Technology, will discuss the state of mergers and acquisitions in the government market. August 1, 2016