At the IBM Center for the Business of Government’s 20th anniversary celebration, three former OMB deputy directors for management offered advice and told stories of their experiences.
Read more about Having a consistent OMB DDM can impact federal management more than any specific agenda
The Homeland Security Department is excited by the prospect that the National Protection and Programs Directorate could be renamed and restructured as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency following a vote in the Senate on Wednesday.
Read more about DHS cyber office name change more likely, USDS offers advice
The federal government is having a hard time attracting employees with up-to-date technology skills. One data point that illustrates the problem: Roughly half of the government’s technology workforce is over the age of 50.
Read more about Aging federal workforce complicates recruiting technological skills
Kevin White, Gissa Sateri, and Pawin Chawanasunthornpot of REI Systems explains how agencies can move toward agile development.
Read more about Agile acquisition: Why it makes sense to plan from future backward
It's been a year since Congress passed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act that charged the Veterans Affairs Department with creating a new process for veterans pursuing appeals.
Read more about New VA appeals trial an opportunity for both veterans and the agency
GSA’s Kay Ely, the assistant commissioner for the IT category, announced she will retire by Dec. 31 after taking on a 90-day detail to work on the agency’s merger with OPM.
Read more about GSA losing 3 acquisition, technology leaders
The Homeland Security Department is hoping by year end to launch Cloud Factory, a platform offering shared services capabilities to provide a fully automated provisioning and delivery lifecycle for cloud services.
Read more about End-to-end dev/op automation critical for cloud success, DHS officials say
The CIO and CISO councils released a new handbook for federal cyber executives to more easily understand all the policies, roles and responsibilities.
Read more about What does it take to be a federal cyber executive? New handbook has the answers
The Trump administration plans to tackle the federal shortage of cybersecurity professionals include a new cybersecurity hiring system, a cybersecurity reservist program, and a plan to reskill current federal employees while improving the pipeline for new cyber talent.
Read more about Reorg report details plan, timeline for cyber workforce and IT improvements
In some ways, software development in federal agencies has entered a second generation. The waterfall methodology, preceded by a long list of detailed requirements, is rapidly giving way to the agile method.
Read more about Take DevOps to the next level: DevSecOps
GSA is starting to look for other agencies to begin creating and working with their own CoEs for 2019 and beyond.
Read more about Through CoEs, USDA starts proving what's possible with IT modernization
Dozens of agencies are employing einterns through a similar approach the State Department is using with its Virtual Student Federal Service.
Read more about State's successful online intern program growing deep roots across the government
Industry sources say focus on the JEDI cloud procurement by Congress and interest by the new DoD CIO could further delay the final solicitation.
Read more about Pressure on DoD to change JEDI cloud approach increases
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the Senate would shorten the deadline for the Defense department to pay defense contractors who work with small businesses.
Read more about Senate bill calls for small defense contractors getting paid quicker
The Trump administration has big plans to improve the government's customer service, but Margaret Weichert, the deputy director for management at OMB, says getting there means more than just modernizing IT.
Read more about Top OMB official: Agencies need to untangle 'morass of data' to improve customer service
