Modernization

Watchdog: IT Issues May Have Caused NASA To Cook A Spacecraft

The agency needs to do a better job monitoring its IT and operational technology, an OIG report says.

Modernization

Connolly Pledges to Reintroduce Modernizing Government Technology Act

The Virginia Democrat said he'll be "boringly disciplined" in pursuing the bill's passage.

Modernization

Cloud.gov Achieves FedRAMP Compliance

Agencies now can begin using the platform for a variety of services, including hosting websites, information management tools and application programming interfaces.

Modernization

How the CIA's Cloud Puts Fresh Tech at Analysts' Fingertips

The intelligence community's marketplace gets new software into analysts' hands faster.

Cybersecurity

GAO Plans OPM, FedRAMP Audits in 2017

The office also plans to review how well CDC and NIH are protecting health information.

Modernization

The Space Industry’s New Bet: Putting an 'App Store' in Orbit

“We want to change the way people interact with space systems, to make it into a software problem instead of a hardware problem."

Modernization

FedRAMP Is Now At Least 3 Times Faster

“We’re now talking under four months for the first authorization,” FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich said.

Modernization

CIA Official: ‘Cloud Has Been a Godsend’

The technology has bolstered the agency's cyber defenses and the speed at which it addresses threats to the nation.

Modernization

DOD 'In the Right Spot' With Cloud, CIO Says

In many ways, DOD’s use of cloud computing is not so different from non-IT Fortune 50 companies, Halvorsen said.

Modernization

Which Vendor is the Big Cloud Winner?

IBM banked $2.7 billion in cloud dollars in the last five years.

Modernization

FedRAMP Ready? GSA Releases Template to Figure It Out

Cloud service providers can assess whether they're ready for FedRAMP authorization with a new template.

Modernization

Part of the Federal Cloud That Stopped Growing

Though the market came to include calendar management, customer relationship management and internal and external websites, it declined 16 percent to $539 million in fiscal 2015.

Modernization

NARA Official: Hardest Part of Cloud Transition is Verifying Security

Convincing shareholders that data stored offsite is still secure is a challenge, Marlon Andrews said.

Digital Government

Why Didn't E-Gov Live Up to Its Promise?

Technology was supposed to transform government 15 years ago; an “era of electronic government” was poised to make government faster, smaller, digitized and increasingly transparent.

Ideas

4 Steps to Consider When Creating a Cloud Strategy in 2016

To become a source of competitive advantage, federal IT administrators implementing a cloud strategy should consider the following steps.

Modernization

FedRAMP’s Influence Grows Outside the Beltway

Compliance with the cloud-vetting regime even helped one U.S. tech firm win a contract with the Canadian government.

Ideas

New OMB Data Center Effort Can Help Break Agency Silos

The federal government faces many of the same challenges experienced in the commercial sector when it comes to implementing "change."

Emerging Tech

Q&A with Matt Goodrich: How FedRAMP Gives Customers What They Want

GSA is building very technical policies based on what its customers want, not developing policies and forcing its customers to comply with them.