Digital Government
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VA Deputy CIO for Architecture, Strategy and Design Paul Tibbits said his agency wants to do more with cloud technology, but it needs a clearer message from private industry on what the technology can do for the agency.
March 30, 2016 -
Carolyn Colvin, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about My Social Security — something the agency launched in 2013 to move more people to managing their accounts online.
March 30, 2016 Wayne Lewandowski, vice president, US Federal Sales, Vormetric, joins host John Gilroy to discuss his company's 2016 Data Threat Report, data encryption, and managing security in the federal government. March 29, 2016
March 28, 2016-
The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general highlighted several areas agencies should focus on when developing IT projects, including creating a badgeless culture with industry partners, better integration of policy and technology and a “ruthless prioritization” of capabilities.
March 24, 2016 -
Emergency management agencies say existing social media channels are often their best way to crowdsource and collect important information during a major weather event or natural disaster. Agencies such as FEMA and the Health and Human Services Department are adapting their strategy to embrace the "social listening" concept.
March 24, 2016 Segue Technologies President Brian Callahan joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company can help federal agencies with agile software development, data analytics, and mobile applications. March 22, 2016
March 21, 2016-
The Energy Department’s Federal Energy Management Program Office made four awards under its Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program to help agencies get over the hump on renewable energy projects.
March 18, 2016 -
Mike Horton, the chief information officer of the DHS IG’s office, said his top priority is transitioning their current local data center to a federal cloud, and that move opens the door to other priorities, including a laptop refresh, migrating their public website to a public cloud that is more agile and extending the capabilities of their email-as-a-service.
March 18, 2016 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a scheduling pilot program to make it easier for veterans to get access to medical care. The pilot was one of many updates VA's CIO LaVerne Council shared with lawmakers March 16.
March 17, 2016 -
A group of senators recently introduced the Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. It aims to help the government get in front of what everyone seems to think is the next big technological thing, namely the Internet of Things. Joshua New, a policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation tells Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin why his group see this legislation as a positive step.
March 16, 2016 -
Accenture Federal Services just a few days ago polled people in the D. C. to ask how they preferred to get information from the federal government. Kathy Conrad, the director of digital government at Accenture Federal Services, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what they said.
March 16, 2016 -
The technological underpinnings of digital currency promises to transform information technology itself. The main piece is called Blockchain, and IBM has staked out territory by offering open source code for Blockchain. Jerry Cuomo, IBM fellow and vice president for Blockchain, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 15, 2016 -
18F released a draft RFQ and a draft of the agency's transparency policy it plans to include for its agile BPA. The announcement was made on the second day of Sunshine Week, which highlights the importance of open government.
March 15, 2016 Three innovators join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the new incubator Mach37, and how their products will help IT professionals in the federal government. March 15, 2016
March 14, 2016-
Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the Integrated Technology Service, Federal Acquisition Service, joins host Roger Waldron on In Depth to discuss ITS's government wide contract vehicles. March 8, 2016
March 14, 2016