Digital Government
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The software world is being flooded with open source product. In fact, the federal government has an open-source-first policy. But maybe it's time to stop and think about sources of open source. Where does all that code originate? The software supply chain. That's something Derek Weeks, vice president and DevOps advocate at Sonatype, looks at carefully. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 19, 2016 -
The next president, in order to hit the ground running during his or her first 100 days, will need a strategy for keeping the federal workforce's innovation projects from losing momentum.
August 17, 2016 -
When computer scientist Jeffrey Voas set out to determine the security implications of the Internet of Things for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he discovered that first he would need to provide a scientific definition.
August 17, 2016 -
April Chen, the senior product manager for Iron Mountain, explains how process, protection and people need to come together to better manage records and data.
August 17, 2016 -
Some agencies are capitalizing on interactions with trending people and topics to gain a widespread exposure on social media.
August 17, 2016 -
One year into a pilot with the Veterans Affairs Innovators Network, the department has made investments into 38 projects and ideas that teams of VA nurses, doctors and other rank-and-file employees have developed at eight medical centers around the country. More than 40 other VA medical centers submitted applications asking to join the Innovators Network.
August 16, 2016 Is your agency swamped with data? This week on Federal Tech Talk, Monica McEwen, public sector director at Qlick will explain how her company uses data analytics to help federal IT professionals take diverse streams of information and make sense of them. August 16, 2016
August 15, 2016-
Enterprise Information Services submitted a complaint to the Government Accountability Office on Aug. 10 on the unrestricted version of Alliant 2.
August 15, 2016 -
Experts say the Office of Management and Budget’s update to the circular will greatly reduce agency pushback against using smart identity cards and other identity authentication and verification technologies.
August 15, 2016 -
Cloud has become a necessity for holding the large amounts of data generated by the so-called internet of things phenomenon. That's according to an analysis of spending patterns from Govini. Govini analyst Matt Hummer and the FCC's Chief Information Officer David Bray join Federal Drive with Tom Temin to add some context.
August 12, 2016 -
An Interior Department Inspector General report said the agency's access and encryption standards conform to National Institute of Standards and Technology requirements from 2013.
August 11, 2016 -
The Defense Department is changing its policy on collection and retention of privacy-related data about U.S. citizens. That means changes for the way the intelligence community does business.
August 10, 2016 -
A new policy from the Office of Management and Budget sets agencies on a path toward sharing new, custom-developed source code across government. The goal is to cut back on the $6 billion agencies spend annually on new software.
August 09, 2016 -
Josh Plaskoff, PhD, the director of learning and technology service development for HighPoint Global, offers six steps to improving your agency’s customer experience.
August 08, 2016 -
President Barack Obama signed the MEGABYTE Act into law, and GSA released two new shared services offerings to keep the “slow” summer months hopping.
August 08, 2016