Agile development

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…

Federal Tech Talk

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

Defense

Air Force adding more government muscle to its Platform One platform

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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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From JEDI to CIA to TIC: The stories that made 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Federal IT services during COVID-19

Federal Tech Talk

Agencies modernizing for a low-code, agile environment

Technology

18F guide outlines common reasons why agency IT projects fail — and how to avoid them

IT Modernization

Agilefall: The place between agile and waterfall development where most agencies live

Reporter's Notebook

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

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For the government, coding comes back in house

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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.

CyberChat

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

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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.