MGT Act

• OPM signs off on hiring flexibilities to help agencies recruit IT modernization experts

  The Office of Personnel Management authorized a special Schedule A hiring authority to help agencies bring on specific professionals for their IT modernization and "smarter IT delivery initiative" projects. The authority expires Sept. 30, 2018.

  Hiring/Retention

  November 20, 2017
• Rep. Hurd champions modernizing federal cybersecurity

  On this episode of CyberChat, host Sean Kelley, former EPA CISO and former VA deputy CIO, spoke with Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) about initiatives to modernize the federal cybersecurity space.

  CyberChat

  November 09, 2017
• Dave Mader: MGT Act poised to become law via NDAA

  The MGT Act will give federal chief information officers a central fund of $3 billion from which they can draw to update obsolete IT systems.

  Federal Drive

  November 01, 2017
• Interagency group soliciting feedback on new cloud buying guides

  The Cloud Center of Excellence has four working documents designed to help agencies tackle funding challenges and acquire and secure cloud solutions with more confidence.

  Cloud Computing

  September 26, 2017
• Maintaining the IT Transformation Momentum

  The latest data on the Federal IT Dashboard shows agencies are spending almost 71 percent of their technology budgets on operations and maintenance and less than 21 percent on development, modernization and enhancements for systems.

  Federal Insights

  August 03, 2017
• OMB, Office of American Innovation on a 90-day sprint to develop new hiring, cloud policy ideas

  The Office of Management and Budget and new White House Office of American Innovation are working together on a 90-day sprint to develop a series of work streams on a variety of topics. Teams will recommend new ideas on ways to improve shared services mechanisms, the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) policy and federal hiring process.

  Technology

  June 07, 2017
• New acquisition, business models need to drive federal IT modernization strategies

  Cameron Chehreh, the chief operating officer, chief technology officer and vice president at Dell EMC Federal, said hybrid cloud, micro-services and as-a-service buying models are key to enabling agencies to move off of legacy IT systems.

  Innovation in Government

  June 01, 2017
• Experts say CIO input, oversight from Congress and OMB necessary to improve IT acquisition

  Organization, accountability and a willingness to partner with industry are necessary to improving federal IT acquisition.

  Acquisition

  March 29, 2017