IT Modernization
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Five of 10 agencies responded to Sen. Maggie Hassan’s (D-N.H.) request for details and plans for how they will modernize outdated systems and what Congress can do to help.
August 18, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Cofrancesco, vice president at Acuity Systems, joins host John Gilroy to discuss why data based decision making is important in the federal government.
August 18, 2020 -
A few years after setting goals to modernize the federal financial system, the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service has already seen much of its work pay off during the coronavirus pandemic.
August 17, 2020 -
If you think the United States should lead the world in artificial intelligence then the country should have a national strategy for AI.
August 17, 2020 -
The Small Business Administration’s inspector general found the four-year effort to develop a single platform, Certify.SBA.gov, for small businesses to apply for socioeconomic contracting programs fell well short of its goals.
August 17, 2020 -
Some agencies' new routines might be here to stay, according to IT security officials who say the feasibility of long-term telework has opened the door to a reimagining of the civil service.
August 14, 2020 -
The 1,600 employees of the National Science Foundation started working from home in March - a familiar story to so many across the country. But NSF might have been a little more prepared to make the switch.
August 13, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Meyer, vice president, Defense Products at Peraton, joins host John Gilroy for a wide ranging discussion of the surface web, the deep web, and the dark web, and they challenges they pose for federal IT officials.
August 11, 2020 -
A panel of former federal technology executives offered the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations suggestions for improving the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard after five years.
August 10, 2020 -
The Agriculture Department's Office of Chief Information Officer has implemented a hiring freeze and is offering early retirements to eligible IT specialists. The initiatives are part of a workforce "restructuring" effort to support USDA's ongoing IT modernization transformation, the department said.
August 10, 2020 -
If federal agencies were constantly on guard the past several years, as cyber-attacks grew in intensity and effectiveness, the past several months of the pandemic, has dumped fuel on that fire of fear and paranoia.
August 06, 2020 -
On this edition of Cyber Chat, Host Sean Kelley sits down with Congressman Mike Rogers to discuss the rollout of 5G Technologies, the implications of the technology and what that means for cyber security.
August 05, 2020 -
The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on government operations released the 10th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard and no agency received a “F” or “D” grade for the first time.
August 04, 2020 -
Phil Quade, chief information security officer for Fortinet, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech talk to discuss what the federal government can do to address a drastic shortage of workers with cybersecurity skills.
August 04, 2020 -
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) suggested giving the IRS $2 billion under the Technology Modernization Fund and then letting agencies use the savings from the tax agency for other projects.
August 03, 2020
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