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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.
Oracle called the government’s efforts to modernize technology "out of sync" and filled with "false narratives."
Now a new map from SBA and the U.S. Digital Service makes it easier to determine if a particular address qualifies as a HUBZone.
The federal government may be a step behind industry when it comes to IT, but it's always the same step. It stays in the race, never quite catching up.
Experts within the Defense Department are urging their fellow feds to follow the example of the entire government and understand that it's ok to fail.