IT Modernization

Jeanette Manfra, assistant director for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is leaving her post at the end of the year for the private sector, according to a CISA official.

Judith Zawatsky, the assistant commissioner in the Office of Systems Management in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said she will work with GSA CIO David Shive on a post-mortem to figure out what went wrong with the FBO.gov to beta.sam.gov move.

The Department of Veterans Affairs set of deadline of March, 28, 2020 to deploy a first “block” of Cerner electronic health record capabilities at its first “go-live” site in Spokane, Washington. VA said it’s confident it’ll have a smooth roll-out, and Congress said it’s “cautiously optimistic.”

Bizagi’s Drew Jaehnig joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss ITIL 4.0 and how intelligent process automation is transforming federal organizations.

Homeland Security Department chief information officer John Zandgardi told staff that his last day at the agency is today.

Lawmakers say they fear cybersecurity mitigation efforts are taking a backseat to the mounting pile of IT modernization initiatives ongoing at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Agencies have about a month to deliver a website modernization strategy to Congress, one of several major due dates for the 21st Century IDEA Act.

The General Services Administration is seeking feedback on its efforts to modernize two key retirement processing systems at the Office of Personnel Management.

Gary Barlet, the chief information officer of the Postal Service’s inspector general’s office, and Dorothy Aronson, the CIO of the National Science Foundation, say they both spent the last several years preparing their individual agencies for the move to the cloud and use of advanced analytical capabilities.

The Agriculture Department is expanding its contact center and customer experience efforts to more bureaus over the next year as part of its IT modernization initiatives.

Diana Volere, chief evangelist and director of Product Marketing at Saviynt, discusses how her company can help federal agencies with cloud security, big data management and identity governance.

The National Guard is trying to protect state cyber networks and ensure election security.

Suzette Kent gave an overview of some of the lessons the Technology Modernization Fund board has learned investing in IT modernization projects.