Digital Government

Debating Income Equality? Get the Facts Right with this New Commerce App

A team of data gurus is hoping to transform stores of siloed government data into fresh insight into one of the toughest challenges in America.

Ideas

FITARA: The Messy Reality of Unintended Consequences

Mismanaged implementation may actually result in delays for IT delivery speed and effectiveness.

Ideas

5 Cultural Shifts Agile Brings to Agencies

Agencies can shift their approach toward agile if they’re willing to embrace some fundamental changes in government IT culture.

Ideas

10 Steps to Making Your Agency Agile

In the end, you and your teams simply need to dive in and try it out.

Digital Government

Here’s How the Pentagon Plans to Protect Security Clearance Data

The new IT systems storing background investigation forms on millions of federal employees and contractors will use end-to-end encryption.

Ideas

Don’t Ask for Permission to Use Agile. Just Start Doing It.

In attempting to move your program to agile methods, you may encounter a number of challenges more common for government program managers than for commercial firms.

Emerging Tech

18F's Agile BPA Halted Once More By New Protest

Days after GSA announced it had resolved protests and that activity on the BPA could resume, another protest was filed with GAO.

Digital Government

Protests Against 18F’s Agile Development Deal Resolved -- But Next Steps Still Unclear

Introduced as a way to speed up the technology buying process, the BPA's implementation has been sluggish.

Digital Government

Expert: Requirements Have No Place in Agile Development

“There is nothing required in agile,” said Greg Godbout, EPA chief technology officer, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Digital Government

18F's Micropurchasing Dilemma: Is $1 for Code Too Cheap?

For the past few weeks, GSA's tech team 18F has been running a "reverse-auction" for code.

Digital Government

New VA CIO Issues Cyber Strategy, Wants to Tackle ‘Quick Wins’

LaVerne Council said the agency submitted an enterprise cybersecurity strategy to Congress on Sept. 28, ahead of schedule.

Digital Government

18F Takes on 'Micropurchasing' Experiment

The team is building an online system that could help federal agencies make "micropurchases" for software code.

Digital Government

VA Looking for 'Agile' Contractor to Design New Vets.gov in 2 Months

Vets.gov is intended to be a Web portal with a single sign-on veterans can use to access any VA services.

Digital Government

18F's Startup-Friendly Agile BPA Hits First Hurdle -- a Protest

GSA has received multiple protests on its new contract vehicle, Nextgov confirmed.

Digital Government

18F Awards 16 Firms Spots on Agile BPA

This is the result of a six-month effort by GSA's tech consulting group.

Digital Government

A Rebooted Approach to DevOps Training

DevOps University plans to use real-world scenarios, hands-on experiences and train agency employees at both the executive and grassroots levels.

Digital Government

Federal CIO: Agile Won't Solve Everything

By itself, "agile" development won't solve the government's tech problems, Tony Scott said.