OPM wants to bring your retirement plans into the 21st century.
John Owens, the Patent and Trademark Office's CIO, said the agency used to spend 85 percent of its IT budget on operations and maintenance (O&M) support and 15 percent on development, modernization and enhancements (DME) of systems. Now, the agency spends 50 percent on each. That change has allowed it to upgrade IT systems without additional money.
The CIO said he's using an agile approach to keep large programs on track and looking to the cloud to improve the agency's business processes. Jul 19, 2012(Encore presentation August 27, 2012)
A record year for insurance crop claims pushes RMA\'s systems to the brink. Chad Sheridan, RMA\'s CIO, said recent modernization efforts kept the agency\'s systems processing and paying claims. October 6,2011
Peter Gallagher, partner in the Civilian Federal Systems group for Unisys, discusses modernizing IT systems. March 22, 2011
The Government Accountability Office takes a look at how the Department of Housing and Urban Development is doing with modernizing IT. GAO\'s Randy Hite tells us about the findings.
Vendors bidding on the contract are asked to extend their prices to Nov. 30. GSA CIO Coleman said her goal was to make the award by Veterans Day.