IT Modernization
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The new White House directive, the first government-wide Section 508 guidance in more than a decade, looks to hold agencies more accountable for meeting digital accessibility requirements.
December 21, 2023 -
The Air Force is moving away from making investment decisions based on Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoints. A new tool will now allow senior leaders to understand the impacts of a single financial decision on an entire ecosystem.
December 19, 2023 -
DoD CIO John Sherman said the department is "firmly committed to multi-cloud, multi-vendor" solutions as it prepares to consider what comes after JWCC.
December 14, 2023 -
Federal and industry experts say ensuring your organization’s data is current, reliable, kept private and secure will help accelerate the use of artificial intelligence tools to improve decision making.
December 13, 2023 -
No one could’ve predicted the changes that rocked the world in 2020, and new challenges are constantly emerging. There’s no telling what the future holds, but one thing is certain: Businesses need to be resourceful to thrive in today’s market.
December 12, 2023 -
The 5G smart warehouse is expected to increase efficiencies across inventory management, storage, receiving, shipping and delivery. It is also expected to reduce lost, stolen or damaged materials while fulfilling orders faster and more accurately.
December 11, 2023 -
Jason Mervyn, a lead IT specialist for the US Mint at West Point, said the agency is figuring out how back end operational technology systems can continue to run without legacy telecommunications technology.
December 11, 2023 -
U.S. Transportation Command says it won’t know how soon the department will be able to finally transition to its long-delayed household goods moving contract until a new round of IT integration tests is finished.
December 08, 2023 -
A closer look shows that public clouds are not always less expensive than on-premise solutions and are not a panacea for controlling IT costs. This is especially the case with transactional systems, where the application is on-premise and the data is in the public cloud.
December 05, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is outlining plans to conduct a full review of its website, after discovering technical problems that may have delayed disability claims for more than 100,000 veterans.
December 04, 2023 -
Andre Mendes, the Commerce Department’s chief information officer, said through the use of Technology Business Management framework, the agency has well over 90% of their IT costs categorized properly and in the right towers, which is a huge change.
December 01, 2023 -
The Social Security Administration is renaming the Office of Systems to the Office of the CIO as part of its effort to push for more innovation and modernization.
December 01, 2023 -
“Our goal is to allow for our users, our business users, across TSA to be able to better access their data and have it readily available,” Deputy CIO Kristin Ruiz said.
November 30, 2023 -
Starting sometime next year, companies that want to sell software to the government will need to sign new attestations – certifying that they have taken certain steps to make sure their software is secure. Earlier this month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released its latest draft of the form companies will need to submit. One of the biggest changes is the attestations will have to be signed by a company’s CEO. But there are several other updates, too. For more about them and get an industry perspective, Federal News Network Deputy Editor Jared Serbu talked with Leopold Wildenauer, the Senior Manager for Public Sector Policy at the Information Technology Industry Council.
November 30, 2023 -
The federal government’s made huge progress in reducing security clearance processing times over the last several years. But there are some early signs of backsliding. As Federal News Network reported last week, the latest data shows top secret investigations took an average of 115 days in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 – up from 84 days during the same period last year.
November 28, 2023
