Mike Hettinger

The 2020 Defense authorization bill includes almost 1,800 pages and we found several important and interesting provisions that you should know about ranging from military cyber advisers to the possible return of lead system integrators.

The Department of Homeland Security released two solicitations seeking industry help to consolidate and modernize as many as 22 legacy financial management systems for a fifth time in the last 15 years.

Federal employees, members of Congress and good government governments remember the late House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman, Elijah Cummings, as a champion for the federal workforce and a staunch and vocal supporter of whistleblowers.

Federal CIO Suzette Kent released the final version of the cloud smart strategy highlighting the need for agencies to take an interdisciplinary approach to moving applications to the cloud.

Mike Hettinger, the president and managing principal of the Hettinger Strategy Group, makes the case for why Congress should consider a 20-year-old bill from former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.).

Six federal IT experts offer their observations about what to watch for in 2019 and what organizations and people will have the biggest impacts.

Federal IT experts offer their take on the last 12 months and what were the top story lines, biggest surprises and biggest disappointments.

Some experts say there’s more bipartisan agreement on federal issues than appears at first glance.

Suzette Kent, the federal chief information officer, said Monday the new cloud smart strategy reflects eight years of learning and maturity.

USDA and GSA want a quick turnaround for responses from industry for five of the six solicitations by Aug. 10 under the Centers of Excellence effort.