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Maria McClelland
Technical Senior Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy
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Can the Army sell Congress on modernization?
Why the Army needs to solve its communication problem with Congress if it hopes to secure more funding.
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Let's change the "I" in RFI from information to interaction
To truly work together, government and industry should do a lot more talking.
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House panel seeks probe of contractor data calls
The Energy and Commerce committee asked the GAO to examine whether the Department of Energy is wasting contractors time and money with superfluous requests.
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Federal employees honored for tech, humanitarian work
At a time of generally low public trust in government, the Partnership for Public Service honored the work of civil servants at its annual awards gala.
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TBM 'years away' from full implementation
Top federal IT officials signaled that they are moving full steam ahead implementing the Technology Business Management framework, but caution that progress will take time.
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GSA looks to help startups navigate big contracts
The General Services Administration offers vendors a roadmap to getting on Multiple Award Schedules.
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Healthcare.gov downtime to grow during 2017 open enrollment
Uptime for the Healthcare.gov system will decrease during the coming open enrollment period, in part due to a shortened open season, and in part due to an increase in scheduled maintenance.
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Crunch time for acquisition portal in defense bill
Reconciliation of the massive defense bill could put new off-the-shelf acquisition sources into the federal acquisition mix, but experts worry about the details.
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Navy delays 2018 NGEN award schedule
The Navy announced a five-month delay in its award schedule for two of its IT contracts to implement a new 'sprint' process.
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How MGT changes the game for federal CIOs
Under the funding plan in the Modernizing Government Technology Act, federal IT leaders will be able to make strategic technology investments with the same level of agility as their private-sector counterparts.
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IRS relies on obsolete hardware, IG finds
An inspector general audit found the IRS is losing ground when it comes to replacing outdated IT hardware, with budget constraints topping the list of reasons.
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White House's IT policy deadline looms
Administration will collect comments on a draft plan to rethink federal IT through Sept. 20, leading to a final report and a year-long flurry of activity to consolidate networks and develop new cloud policy.
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Census delays field IT contract award
As key field tests for the 2020 enumeration approaches, the Census Bureau announced it was going to be later than expected with a key contract award on field IT.
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The next big thing in IT procurement
Steve Kelman talks to the agencies that have embraced tech demos in their acquisition efforts -- and urges others in government to give it a try.
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IRS dishes on IT procurement strategy
The deputy chief procurement officer at the IRS spoke about lessons learned during a pair of outreach events to the contracting community.
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Why tracking data centers is so hard
The OMB numbers on data center consolidation highlights a recurring problem for the government: the lack of consistent, accurate information around data center ownership.
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