IT

  • The proposed cuts from the Trump administration could be an opportunity for agency managers to get creative. With less money to go around, there may be less money to maintain legacy IT systems, so that means updating it or utilizing other methods may be the best route. Federal News Radio's Eric White learns more from Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    April 05, 2017
  • The new Trump administration has thrown off policies on immigration, border control, trade, federal employment, the environment and oil and gas transport. But we've seen nothing on information technology, on which the government spends more than $80 billion a year. Dave Wennergren, executive vice president for operations and technology at the Professional Services Council, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    January 30, 2017
  • Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm talk to Amtrak CIO Ghada Ijam about streamlining technology in her department.

    January 18, 2017
  • The technology industry wants to transform the federal IT market that brings about new ways to fund, develop, procure, deliver, manage and sustain innovative technology solutions.

    December 30, 2016
  • Information technology and how the government buys it is an $85 billion a year tab for the federal government. Plus it's something every agency deals with. Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a look ahead at what 2017 and the Trump administration will bring to these two crucial activities.

    December 28, 2016
  • Software giant Oracle makes a tough decision to opt out of GSA IT schedule.

    October 10, 2016
  • For the Army's Enterprise Services unit, IT has been a migration from unifying email to rationalizing many widely used services. Doug Haskin, project director for Enterprise Services, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how Congress gave the whole effort a shot in the arm.

    January 06, 2016
  • The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will soon release the first round of grades on implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. One of the things the committee will grade agencies on is their IT spending. Richard McKinney, chief information officer at the Transportation Department, told In Depth with Francis Rose that determining what counts as IT spending and what doesn't isn't as easy as it looks any more.

    October 30, 2015
  • Joe Klimavicz is the Justice Department’s CIO. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the agency’s IT strategy for fiscal years 2015 through 2018.

    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
  • The Small Business Administration received more than 200 comments about a proposed rule to eliminate the exception to how IT value-added resellers are classified as small contractors. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), chairman of the Small Business Committee, wrote a letter to SBA asking for the rule to be retracted and improved.

    November 13, 2014
  • The Defense Department says it's having success with a new data transparency effort that's designed to drive better business deals on sole-source contracts. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu reports the initiative is designed to track all of its business arrangements with a certain vendor, so individual contracting officers can learn from past deals.

    November 06, 2014
  • The National Academy of Public Administration says the Social Security Administration is not ready for the challenges of the future. NAPA says shrinking budgets, retiring workers and rapidly changing technology are all issues that need to be addressed in the next 15 years.

    July 23, 2014
  • Cyber criminals are adjusting so quickly that it's become an 'arms race' between them and agency technology officers trying to guard against threats. During a recent Federal News Radio panel discussion, officials shared expertise and tactics for protection.

    July 18, 2014