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Smooth switch to telework was years in the making

IT Modernization became an even higher priority for federal agencies once COVID-19 landed on the United States like a ton of bricks earlier this year. Two people leading the IT Modernization charge in the nation’s capital can both be found at the Office of Management and Budget: Federal CIO Suzette Kent and Deputy Federal CIO Maria Roat.

Technology

Rebuilding your IT infrastructure for today but, more importantly, for tomorrow

Federal agencies are updating their infrastructures with the goal to better support improved operational efficiency, user productivity and digital services deployed to the public.

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Big thinking at SBA prepared the agency for the pandemic telework scenario

There were not many people who could have foreseen what America would be like, at home and in the workplace, during the first 100 days of the stay-at-home pandemic. But the work Guy Cavallo initiated at the Small Business Administration now seems prescient.

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Creating a 'safe space' for trying new modernization techniques

Government agencies, some more aggressively than others, are looking for ways to modernize their digital practices and make them stick.

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To modernize IT, agencies should start with their networks

We explored the typical federal WAN and the ideal to-be state; benefits of SD-WANs for cybersecurity, analytics, performance and a better employee user experience.

This GSA official takes on the dark underside of Artificial Intelligence

“We need AI tools in place to help us plan around climate events, to help us plan around looking at ways in which we can accommodate,” said Dan Pomeroy.

Artificial Intelligence
Bad data costs Americans trillions. Let’s fix it with a renewed data strategy

Nick Hart of the Data Foundation and Suzette Kent, a former federal CIO, explain how using federal data could cut waste, create jobs and own America’s future.

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OMB touts progress on improper payments amid anti-fraud push

Agencies say workforce training and data sharing are key to combatting fraud after the governmentwide improper payments rate dipped to 3.97% in fiscal 2024.

Agency Oversight
Agencies still struggling to meet digital accessibility standards

GSA has said that limited staffing and resources are key drivers of agencies’ ongoing challenges with digital accessibility and Section 508 conformance.

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Securing the AI data pipeline with confidential AI

There is a need to create secure computing capabilities that maintain the privacy and confidentiality of AI models and data sets.

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Army Guard to prioritize application visibility across states and territories in 2025

Fiscal 2025 is shaping up to be busy for the Army National Guard as it pushes to complete migration of all end-user devices to Entra ID and Intune.

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Taming the breach: Is U.S. incident disclosure working?

The recent implementation of Securities and Exchange Commission cyber disclosure regulations has sparked a complex debate.

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Has the time come for a new approach to spectrum allocation?

“DSS is a way to share spectrum to coexist with other users. So at a smaller time scale in more granular pieces by frequency,” said Carolyn Kahn.

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