Agile development

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A new approach to software testing

John Phillips, vice president, Public Sector at Tricentis, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how automating the software…

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Pentagon wants to use its biggest IT program to test ‘colorless’ software appropriation

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Medicare’s financial problems have gotten worse, and Social Security’s can’t be ignored forever. The government’s annual assessment is a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class. The report from program trustees says Medicare will become insolvent in 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast. The report says Social Security will become insolvent in 2034, no change from the projection last year.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

SSA’s disability case app modernization serving as building block to future transformation

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HHS, CMS following the two ‘Cs’ of IT modernization: Customers and cost cutting

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Bill James, Drew Myklegard, Department of Veterans Affairs

VA adopts DevOps, agile methodology to improve cybersecurity

VA executives joined CyberChat to talk more about DevOps and agile methodology, and what it will mean for the agency’s cybersecurity practices in the future.

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Karl Mathias is the chief information officer of the U.S. Marshals Service. (Photo courtesy AFCEA)

Broken processes spurred the Marshals Service’s IT modernization effort

Karl Mathias, the chief information officer of the U.S. Marshals Service, said he hired a new chief technology officer to help develop a 5-to-10 year technology…

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Bill Pratt of DHS (left), Bill Hunt of OMB and Rob Hill of the IRS discuss what agencies need to consider to further create an agile development culture. (Photo courtesy ATARC/ Crouse Powell of Crouse Powell Photography)

DHS, IRS, OMB clearing a path to achieve agile maturity

OMB’s draft cloud smart strategy is one of several ongoing efforts across the government to help agencies deliver services and modernize systems more quickly.

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