IT Modernization

Ken Rogers, the State Department’s acting deputy chief information officer of business management and planning, said the agency’s IT modernization strategy is bookended by two related goals – leveraging data as a strategic asset and building the IT workforce of the future.

Bill Marion, the Air Force’s deputy CIO, said the service hopes to unify technology, data and business transformation from operational and implementation perspectives.

Some experts say there’s more bipartisan agreement on federal issues than appears at first glance.

After interference by Russian during the 2016 presidential race caught federal officials flat-footed, the Department of Homeland Security worked with states to secure election systems from cyber threats.

The Department of Homeland Security cites the Office of Management and Budget’s new Cloud Smart strategy and an ongoing challenge to consolidate data centers as part of a larger rethinking around how it stores its data. 

Defense Deputy Secretary Pat Shanahan is expected to sign a memo moving the National Background Investigations Service from DISA to DSS.

Dr. Steve Bennett, director of the Global Government Practice at SAS, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss data analytics and how innovation is making it easier for businesses and the federal government to analyze data. November 6, 2018

The administration plans to update its shared services strategy in the December release of the President’s Management Agenda.

The Trump administration plans to take a closer look at recruiting entry-level talent and retraining the existing IT workforce in the coming months as part of its strategy to stand up its IT modernization agenda.

Barry Matsumori, CEO of BridgeSat, Inc., joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how innovations in space technology are being used by IT professionals in the federal government. Oct. 30, 2018

You may not have seen him on the rostrum at the big conferences, but Ken Allen has been behind the scenes at ACT-IAC for nearly 14 years.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the U.S. Postal Service’s Inspector General revealed the agency only saved $91 million in 2016 and 2017 after consolidating more than 200 facilities, well below it’s goal.

Agencies receive more Freedom of Information Act requests now than ever before. But their workforces haven’t kept up with the growing demand.

The Technology Modernization Fund board chose three more projects to receive extra funding and it still has $31.5 million to hand out for a possible third round of awards.