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Immigration Reform is not a new topic but, is expected to become one of the top priorities when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in 2017. While all of the aspects of this new focus on…
Across the cabinet agencies, 10 chief information officers are politically appointed. The question continues to come up every four years whether these senior IT executives need to be career or political.
Most agencies have yet to set up official digital service operations with the Office of Management and Budget, the Government Accountability Office found. And another study from Unisys found a similar hesitancy from agencies to fully embrace general digital government practices and initiatives.
The Office of Management and Budget updated Circular A-130 with the requirement for agencies to focus on risk management when deciding on how to protect networks and systems.
In 2016, the government will accelerate its move into the digital era. That's according to Mark Forman, who runs the public sector business for Unisys. He was the e-government director for the George W. Bush White House, back when online transactions with the public were just coming into the government. For our Federal Drive series, Looking ahead to 2016, Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked Forman, hasn't the government already transformed into something digital?
As terrorism threats rise, the federal-state-local law enforcement relationship is growing more important. Patrick Doyle, a former New Jersey State Police officer now with Unisys, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that feds remain the second responder
Law enforcement agencies are faced with the challenges of securely storing and managing ever-increasing volumes of data while keeping up with the growing demand for technology that can improve public safety. To address these challenges, law enforcement agencies are looking at moving to the cloud.
Government agencies are continually facing security threats both physical and cyber by insider and external sources. Separate physical and cyber security responses are no longer adequate to protect against increasingly sophisticated attacks. The convergence of physical and cyber security solutions and organizations is critical to stopping current and preventing future threats. Hear how advanced technology is being used to identify threat indicators and prevent security breaches.
New data from Govini, a market research firm, finds the number of lowest price, technically acceptable awards doubled from 2009 to 2013. Vendors also are seeing more and more agencies issue solicitations where price is the only or a major evaluation criterion. DoD, civilian agency official acquisition officials say LPTA is one tool in a large toolbox.
The Court of Federal Claims ruled against CenturyLink in its protest of the Interior's Cloud Foundation contract. This was CenturyLink's third unsuccessful protest of the multiple award contract.
The Homeland Security Department's Border Management Systems Programs Office awarded a contract to Unisys to modernize its border-management systems.
Two contracts with Unisys that could be worth more than $800 million help the tax agency innovate and become more efficient. The IRS is using the first-of-its-kind in the federal market storage-as-a-service approach to increasing and decreasing the amount of storage it needs based on how busy it is during the year.
Steve Kousen, vice president of Cloud Email and Collaboration Services at Unisys will discuss what agencies and contractors can expect as they move some of their services to the cloud. April 30, 2013
Steve Kousen, vice president of Cloud Email and Collaboration Services at Unisys will discuss what agencies and contractors can expect as they move some of their services to the cloud. April 2, 2013