Alliance for Digital Innovation

• Biden proposal calls investments in federal IT ‘an urgent national security issue’

  President-elect Biden announces American Rescue Plan that includes significant funding increases for federal technology and cybersecurity to address long-standing challenges.

  Budget

  January 15, 2021
• Making best-in-class contracts better for innovation

  In recent years, federal acquisition policy and practice has been a competition between two different priorities: Efficiency and innovation. Instead of balancing these priorities, innovation has taken the backseat.

  Commentary

  December 17, 2020
• Special Report: Benefits of Technology Modernization Fund validated

  New data collected by Federal News Network demonstrates that the agencies which took loans are moving faster, modernizing legacy systems and — hold on to your hats — paying back the loan to the TMF Board.

  Reporter's Notebook

  November 09, 2020
• CISA’s still overcoming challenges 5 years after Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act became law

  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will offer its Automated Information Sharing (AIS) program and new vulnerability disclosure platform as shared services to help improve the sharing of cyber threats.

  Reporter's Notebook

  October 06, 2020
• Official word: The Hatch Act does not apply to Trump and Pence

  In today's Federal Newscast: Special Counsel Henry Kerner said the Hatch Act does not apply to Trump and Pence, the Post Office lost $1 billion dollars last month and a missing Fort Hood soldier is found dead.

  Federal Newscast

  August 27, 2020
• Federal CIO Kent sees a bigger opening to push for IT modernization

  A lawmaker on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management, asked 10 agencies about each of their IT modernization strategies, systems in most need of modernization and other challenges.

  Reporter's Notebook

  June 15, 2020
• It’s official: Roat is the new deputy federal CIO

  After almost four years as the CIO at the Small Business Administration, Maria Roat has been named as the deputy federal CIO replacing Margie Graves, who retired in December.

  CIO News

  May 12, 2020
• OMB’s Kent credits agency CIOs, industry for quick fixes as IT demand surged

  Suzette Kent, the Federal CIO, said daily calls with CIOs and CISOs are helping agencies overcome any technology obstacles they face in keeping the government open and missions on track.

  IT Modernization

  March 26, 2020
• These 6 agencies make their case to Congress for long-term IT modernization funding

  The departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Treasury, Labor and Education and the U.S. Agency for International Development asked Congress in their fiscal 2021 budget requests to use money saved from other programs for IT modernization initiatives.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 17, 2020
• These IT, cyber provisions in the NDAA may have flown under your radar

  The 2020 Defense authorization bill includes almost 1,800 pages and we found several important and interesting provisions that you should know about ranging from military cyber advisers to the possible return of lead system integrators.

  Reporter's Notebook

  January 13, 2020
• OMB’s Cornelius to lead industry association

  Matthew Cornelius left the Office of Management and Budget after almost three years to become the executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI), an industry association, while USDA, OPM and the FCC gain new senior executives.

  Reporter's Notebook

  December 10, 2019
• Does a new association to promote digital innovation have Amazon’s fingerprints all over it?

  The Alliance for Digital Innovation is expected to launch this week with a goal of promoting adoption of commercial technologies in the federal sector.

  Reporter's Notebook

  March 26, 2018