IT Modernization
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found agencies saved $450 million over the last two years through the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies (MEGABYTE) Act.
September 14, 2020 -
Only a little more than a third of the R&D expenses the Pentagon reimburses contractors for each year match up with the department's own modernization priorities, the Government Accountability Office says.
September 14, 2020 -
Federal contractors have sensed a certain sluggishness in the government's pace of awarding contracts during the pandemic. Now, a review of this phenomenon finds it's more pronounced in the intelligence community.
September 11, 2020 -
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families launched a pilot last year using business intelligence tools, robotics process automation and machine learning tools to alleviate the burden on agency grant processors.
September 10, 2020 -
Education Department CISO Steven Hernandez said the council wanted to plan for the next five to 10 years of agency network priorities and how to prepare for an emergency.
September 08, 2020 -
The rapid payout program spawned by the government's coronavirus response legislation has sharpened an old problem. A small but persistent percentage of Americans entitled to various benefits programs don't have bank accounts.
September 08, 2020 -
Bryan Slater, the assistant secretary for administration and management at the Labor Department, details the agency’s progress in consolidating back-office functions and driving efficiencies.
September 07, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management’s USA Staffing Onboarding platform beat out 39 other finalists for the Igniting Innovation award from ACT-IAC.
September 03, 2020 -
Chief information officers at the Government Publishing Office and NASA have learned quite a bit this year about their agencies’ telework capabilities, and how well their employees can adapt. New policies and technology have kept business moving and made leaders rethink some moves going forward.
September 02, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, George Freeman, a solutions consultant at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, joins host John Gilroy to explain how his company can help federal agencies protect their data from fraud during the Covid-19 pandemic.
September 01, 2020 -
Jim Gfrerer, the assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, said the sense of urgency, extra funding and the support of non-IT executives helped the agency meet the needs of remote workers and veterans over the last five months.
September 01, 2020 -
A month ago three departments — Energy, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs — established what they call the COVID-19 Insights Partnership. It brings together a lot of health data
August 31, 2020 -
The agency stood up its Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office in July to digitize paper-based taxpayer services and consolidate its case-management systems.
August 28, 2020 -
Supporting about 70,000 students in several time zones, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) has seen its share of IT challenges. Its schools began the academic year Monday, offering both in-person and virtual classroom options.
August 27, 2020 -
Mark Munsell, the NGA chief technology officer, said industry, particularly non-traditional companies, should use the tech focus and technology strategy documents as guides for how to help that agency overcome long-standing challenges.
August 27, 2020
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