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Comment
The moratorium on further Vista investment put in place three years ago creates major strategic issues for the Department of Veterans Affairs as the agency looks to put Cerner's commercial electronic health record system in place.
08/24/2021
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IT Modernization
The unprecedented investment in IT and cybersecurity resources have provided agencies like the Department of Labor with a historic opportunity to tackle some of their loftiest modernization plans.
08/24/2021
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Management
The former CIO at the IRS and DHS explains why early-career expertise is the key to successful leadership.
08/23/2021
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Digital Gov
A law passed in 2018 requiring executive agencies to make online versions of paper-based forms used by the public, but only a few are fully compliant according to a new report.
08/22/2021
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Cybersecurity
A watchdog report indicates that aging remote-access servers at the Census Bureau were successfully targeted by hackers in early 2020 using a known vulnerability, and while no data was stolen, the incident revealed flaws in the bureau's cybersecurity response.
08/18/2021
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Congress
The Senate version of the annual intelligence authorization bill, which passed out of committee last week, includes a warning to DHS' intelligence arm to distinguish more carefully between its foreign and domestic missions.
08/13/2021
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Defense
The Navy wants to fortify its cyber resilience to keep pace with rapid software development needs, but changing workforce habits has to come first.
08/13/2021
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Acquisition
The State Department wants to go all in on the cloud, starting with a new multiplatform toolset to add flexibility and innovation to IT services.
08/11/2021
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Comment
The agencies that may feel they don't have the time to fully implement digital transformation are the very ones that stand the most to gain.
08/09/2021
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Management
Onerous paperwork, complex requirements and opaque guidelines are just some of the many roadblocks preventing racial equity across government services, a new report says.
08/09/2021
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Comment
The former CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs offers some ideas for course correction in the agency's flagging $20 billion–plus Electronic Health Records Modernization program.
08/04/2021
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IT Modernization
Federal CIO Clare Martorana told a House subcommittee that 108 project proposals have been submitted to the Technology Modernization Fund across 43 agencies, with 75% focusing on cybersecurity since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.
07/29/2021
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IT Modernization
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Oversight and Reform Committee wants the National Archives and Records Administration to apply for funding from the Technology Modernization Fund to modernize its IT systems and clear its backlog of 500,000 records requests from veterans.
07/27/2021
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Comment
By contracting with emerging technology companies that can create and deploy data-driven solutions, agencies can cut down on the number of government contracts and the associated red tape.
07/16/2021
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IT Modernization
Deputy Federal CIO Maria Roat details what makes for a winning Technology Modernization Fund proposal as agencies continue to submit major IT projects for potential funding.
07/15/2021