IT Modernization

Members of the Defense Innovation Board described their initial set of recommendations to fix DoD software acquisition. The Pentagon said it plans to start implementing them right away.

Kara Sprague, senior vice president and general manager of Application Services at F5 Networks, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss app security and how her company is using new technologies to help federal IT professionals protect and optimize modern container based applications. March 26, 2019

Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017 but with Mayor Sylvester Turner and a partnership with Microsoft, the metropolis is being rebuilt with a smart city blueprint.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Trump administration says it now sees an opportunity to build on many of the 14 cross-agency priority goals outlined in the President’s Management Agenda.

The federal employment question forms a knot that remains difficult to untie.

Matt Shabat, the U.S. strategy manager for Glasswall Solutions, makes the case for how using a risk management framework can lead to real savings that agencies can use to move off legacy systems.

The White House plans on spending 5 percent more to secure federal networks and data in 2020, with more than half of the funding going toward Defense Department cybersecurity. Get this story and others in today’s Federal Newscast.

The 2020 president’s budget request keeps federal IT spending in 2020 about level with 2019. And the Analytical Perspectives on the budget released Monday indicate all is not well.

John Cofrancesco, vice president, Business Development at Active Navigation, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss records management and how his company can help federal agencies eliminate redundant, obsolete or trivial data.

CenturyLink became the first vendor under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to receive cybersecurity approval for its business systems.

Scott Buchholz, Deloitte Government chief technology officer, said one of the most important trends for 2019 are macrotechnology forces, such as digital reality.

The Defense Information Systems Agency has been pushing its mission partners toward “app rationalization,” urging them to figure out what they need to operate in the cloud.

The Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal for government spending gives a big boost to the Pentagon and other security-related agencies, while calling for a cut of more than $2.7 trillion in federal civilian spending over the next ten years.

Rick Pina of World Wide Technology joined John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss new IT security methods that his company is developing to help protect federal agencies from cyber threats.