The federal government is having a hard time attracting employees with up-to-date technology skills. One data point that illustrates the problem: Roughly half of the government’s technology workforce is over the age of 50.
The Homeland Security Department is hoping by year end to launch Cloud Factory, a platform offering shared services capabilities to provide a fully automated provisioning and delivery lifecycle for cloud services.
Dozens of agencies are employing einterns through a similar approach the State Department is using with its Virtual Student Federal Service.
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the Senate would shorten the deadline for the Defense department to pay defense contractors who work with small businesses.
OFPP and the U.S. Digital Service unveil the new core-plus certification in Contracting for Digital Service to help agencies improve how they buy cloud, agile and other technologies.
Tune into the May 18th FedTalk to hear about the latest initiatives from the United States Digital Service (USDS) and dCode, including a new digital initiative at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
May 18, 2018
Jonathan Sullivan, a digital services expert at the U.S. Digital Service, said modernizing the Quality Payment Program for CMS required a change in approach.
The U.S. Digital Service helped SBA modernize the applications to apply for government contracting programs.
Marvo Dolor, the deputy executive director of digital services at the Veterans Affairs Department, said new single sign-on capability eases the path for veterans to use services.
The U.S. Transportation Command brought in the U.S Digital Service after its Defense Personnel Property System suffered a two-week outage.
Creation of the Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) and visible upgrades to the trusted traveler's program show DHS' dedication to IT modernization.
The White House wants to bring experts in cloud, user design and analytics in to help agencies replace legacy systems.
Jennifer Pahlka was a founder of U.S. Digital Service, the Obama-era organization devoted to helping federal agencies modernize their information technology.
Eddie Hartwig, the acting deputy administrator of U.S. Digital Service, said his office has changed its approach over the past year.
Joel Minton, the director of the Login.gov platform, said they are starting small and building on their successes to create a single sign-on for citizen services.