Legacy systems

Cloud Exchange: Accelerating citizen services through cloud adoption

This discussion with Ravi Raghava, the chief technology officer for the cloud center of excellence at GDIT, is part of Federal News Network’s Cloud Exchange.

Cloud Computing

FILE - In this June 10, 2021 file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. As the delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some of President Joe Biden's critics blame the surge on his border policies, which allow some migrants to enter the country to apply for asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

USCIS looking to hire thousands to help speed up asylum process

Federal Newscast

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OPM, VA recount digital transformation hits and misses

IT Modernization

(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, visitors wearing mask to protect from the coronavirus walk past a 5G sign at the China Beijing International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

5G a chance for agency improvement — slowly but surely

Technology

FILE - This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. It’s the time of year to start thinking about taxes - what's ahead and what can be done now to manage. But the upcoming tax filing season is going to be trickier for many Americans due to rampant unemployment, working from home and general upheaval due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

IRS sends Congress $4B ‘aspirational vision’ to overhaul taxpayer services

Agency Oversight

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Congresswoman wants to make sure Trump administration preserves records

Federal Newscast

AP/Cliff Owen

Biden facing some pushback for Defense secretary pick

Federal Newscast

Using AI, automation to bolster network capacity planning

Commentary

Massachusetts unemployment surge no problem for modernized system

Ask the CIO: SLED

NIST issuing revised draft of zero trust guidance for public comment

Cybersecurity

HHS OIG data mastermind talks importance of networking, taking chances

Women of Washington

VA IG: Decentralization to blame for housing stipend, IT shortfalls

VA Inspector General Michael Missal said despite enthusiasm for the passage of the Forever GI bill, the agency has yet to meet a single deadline.

Veterans Affairs

VA hopes modernization of legacy systems means more security in future

Bill James and Drew Myklegard from the Department of Veterans Affairs said they’ve created essentially a “wall outlet” for third-party applications.

Insight of the Month

Federal agencies with legacy systems should still secure them from attacks

Federal Drive

The technology modernization drive has been operating in the federal government for years. Yet agencies continue to relay on so-called legacy systems.