Defense Department digital experts were invited to speak at the recent CfA Summit, and some attendees took offense. Steve Kelman argues that civic tech should embrace such debates.
06/06/2018
Comment
Cloud presents some unique problems for contracting officers, and addressing those ambiguities would pay big dividends.
06/04/2018
Steve Kelman applauds another effort to share knowledge across the contractor community.
05/31/2018
Comment
The federal government's leading evangelist of shared services explains why it makes sense to bring payroll to the cloud.
05/30/2018
Comment
It takes a deliberate, concerted effort from experts to carefully untangle all the threads of bad software development practices and return the effort to coherence.
05/29/2018
Comment
As agencies push modernization, they should ditch risky spreadsheets and leverage automation to improve budgeting processes.
05/24/2018
Comment
A sense of urgency is important, but agencies must map a clear path forward before rushing in.
05/21/2018
In technology, politics, economics and ideology, the U.S.-China tensions are growing.
05/15/2018
Comment
Modernizing and moving to the cloud only works if agencies have the connectivity to take full advantage.
05/14/2018
Steve Kelman reports on the results of a project-based Kennedy School course on public-sector innovation.
05/07/2018
COMMENT
The pressure for DOD contractors to bring their systems into compliance is especially strong, but these best practices can help any organization working with federal data.
05/04/2018
Comment
The General Data Protection Regulation's effects already are being felt far beyond the European Union.
05/03/2018
Comment
It’s time to confront, not ignore, the changing expectations for CIOs.
04/27/2018
Steve Kelman digs into the actual mechanics of a U.S. Digital Service team's partnership with a particular agency.
04/26/2018
Comment
The Modernizing Government Technology Act can help bridge the budget gaps, but agencies need other funding sources to fully address decades of “technical debt.”
04/25/2018