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GSA is starting to look for other agencies to begin creating and working with their own CoEs for 2019 and beyond.
June 15, 2018 -
VA's REACH Vet program uses predictive analytics to alert clinicians of veterans who may be at greater risk of suicide.
April 20, 2018 -
Veterans have higher expectations of more convenience, new technology and a better experience with their health care, the Veterans Affairs Department said.
April 19, 2018 -
As the federal government looks to modernize the way it buys things, making the process faster and cost-effective, the General Services Administration is looking at ways to automate aspects of the automation process.
March 29, 2018 -
The Federal Acquisition Service is developing a new special item number (SIN) for order level materials on service contracts.
March 07, 2018 -
The Homeland Security Department’s Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) is finding its grassroots effort to take smart risks is working.
February 26, 2018 -
How can blockchain technology help federal IT professionals accomplish their agencies goals? Find out when Paul Brigner, managing director of Georgetown University's Security and Software Engineering Research Center, and Macro Solution Vice Presidents Todd Hager and Damanjit Padam join host John Gilroy on Federal Tech Talk. January 23, 2018
January 19, 2018 -
Kirit Amin, the outgoing CIO of the International Trade Commission, said OMB and GSA should provide an easier way for small agencies to move off legacy systems.
December 15, 2017 -
Here are some of the top takeaways from the Executive Leadership Conference, sponsored by ACT-IAC, which had some interesting discussions and news tidbits.
November 06, 2017 -
Both the Trump administration and Congress are offering new goals to cut government improper payments over the next five to 10 years. Experts in the field say the targets aren't impossible but need attention and investments in agency technology and personnel.
July 20, 2017 -
Ed Harper, the Food and Nutrition Service’s director of the Office of Program Integrity for Child Nutrition Programs, worked with the Presidential Innovation Fellows to create a new online application prototype for free and reduced lunches.
July 05, 2017 -
Eric Jeanmaire, the branch chief for the Verification IT Portfolio Modernization at USCIS in the Homeland Security Department, said moving to an agile approach to development delivered capabilities more quickly and more successfully.
June 30, 2017 -
DHS is planning to hold its fourth reverse industry day on June 28 while three other agencies are following in their footsteps by holding similar events with vendors.
June 19, 2017 -
The Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) policy is making the move to the cloud more complex than some say it needs to be. It was one of three hot topics at the ACT-IAC Management of Change conference last week.
May 30, 2017 -
Avi Bender, NTIS director, says his agency's partnership with the private sector is opening doors for other agencies to solve data service issues, in part by helping them realize what problem it is that they're actually trying to solve.
May 24, 2017