Digital Government
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Mark White, Global Technology CTO for Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the company's recent report: "Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of business and IT: A public sector perspective." October 13, 2015
October 12, 2015 -
While industry is excited about the Internet of Things, agencies have shown they've been interconnecting systems and applications for years. But the Privacy Act is standing in the government's way to go further, some say.
October 12, 2015 -
David Shive, the GSA chief information officer, said encouraging more employees to take advantage of the virtual desktop interface (VDI) technology, and modernizing and rationalizing applications are the next steps to improve the agency’s technology environment.
October 09, 2015 -
Tom Allin, the Veterans Affairs Department’s chief veterans experience officer, developed an approach that lets employees take a different perspective when developing customer service initiatives.
October 08, 2015 -
Communication between government and industry is improving, but still isn't great according to leaders across the contracting space. The importance of building the lines of communication is one of three lessons Casey Coleman wishes she would have learned before she left government. Casey is group vice president of Unisys Federal Systems Civilian Agencies and former chief information officer at the General Services Administration. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the three lessons on the On Point blog.
October 07, 2015 -
The new Directorate for Digital Innovation launched Oct. 1 with a goal of integrating mission and enterprise technology to spur the development of tools and techniques.
October 07, 2015 -
FEMA is re-engineering DisasterAssistance.gov to better meet the needs of customers during and after major events. The project should be done in about two years.
October 05, 2015 -
Senators added language to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act that's causing some in the government, and in industry, to worry. The provision centers on giving the Homeland Security Department emergency cyber powers over federal and contractor networks. In his weekly feature, Inside the Reporter’s Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why some are so concerned.
October 05, 2015 -
Eric Hysen joins the Homeland Security Department from the U.S. Digital Services Office.
October 05, 2015 -
Martha Dorris, the General Services Administration’s director of the Office of Strategic Programs within the Office of Integrated Technology Services, plans to leave government at the end of October and eventually start her own consulting firm focusing on customer service.
October 01, 2015 -
Rose Wang, founder and CEO of the Binary Group and David Chesebrough, president of the Association for Enterprise Information join host John Gilroy to discuss enterprise transformation and the impact of Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act on federal IT. September 29, 2015
September 28, 2015 Jim Rinaldi, the CIO at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, said he created an IT petting zoo to test out emerging technology on a small scale to see how it could improve mission results.
September 25, 2015-
The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, honor individuals and businesses in the region's government contracting sector. Brian Karlisch is the CEO of Buchanan Edwards and a finalist for this year's GovCon Contractor of the Year award in the $25-75 million in sales category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how investing in technologies such as the cloud are critical for agencies to thrive.
September 23, 2015 Despite a smaller budget and more laws to follow, the IRS survived the 2015 tax season relatively unscathed.
September 22, 2015Aaron Powell, partner and chief strategy officer for Flexion, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how the concept of Lean software development can be adapted to the federal government. September 22, 2015
September 21, 2015