Ideas

How Apple iPhone Updates Add Value to Mail

The iOS 11 update, expected to be released in fall 2017, presents new opportunities for interacting with mail digitally.

Digital Government

To Improve, VA Must Acknowledge Vets Can Go Elsewhere

Thinking of veterans as customers who could take their business elsewhere could fuel agency improvements, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said.

Modernization

Report: Don't Neglect Legacy IT While Waiting for the Cloud

Legacy systems need to be maintained even if agencies plan on migrating to cloud systems, according to a recent report.

Ideas

How a Transparent Process Made Federal Spending Transparency Possible

The leaders behind DATA Act implementation share what they think made this governmentwide reform effort successful.

Digital Government

Bye-Bye, Networx: GSA Awards $50B Next-gen Telecom Contract

The General Services Administration selected 10 vendors for the Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract.

Modernization

Pentagon Now Offering Top Officials Classified Tablets

The Defense Department's pilot program allows access to materials up to secret level.

Digital Government

This Agency Can Help Fast Track Your Tech Acquisitions

National Technical Information Service pairs federal agencies with vetted companies that meet their technology needs—and fast.

Digital Government

House Oversight Passes FITARA Backup Plan

The panel moved along a standalone bill to extend sunsetting provisions—just in case.

Modernization

A Farmer-Focused Agency Wants to Ditch Data Centers Completely

"Farmers don’t care that I run a data center," an Agriculture Department chief information officer said.

Modernization

How FedRAMP Keeps Getting Faster

The accreditation time frame is shrinking and GSA is working with the Office of American Innovation to speed up even more.

Digital Government

DATA Act: Agile's First Governmentwide Win

Governmentwide projects are particularly complicated, but here's one that ends on time and under budget.

Ideas

3 Strategies for Building Successful Agile Teams

With agile, it’s all about speed, adaptability and collaboration—all for the sake of accelerated, better application development.

Digital Government

4 Things You Need to Build Your Analytics Team

Three analytic practitioners share best practices for building a successful analytics shop.

Emerging Tech

Agencies' Grasp of Agile is ‘All Over The Map,’ One CTO Says

Developing software in an incremental fashion may mean rethinking contracting and personnel's duties, an Excella Consulting's chief technology officer said.

Digital Government

An Insider’s View of Trump’s American Technology Council Meeting

While a White House official said all the right things, Code for America Founder Jen Pahlka wanted to see more spine from tech executives.

Digital Government

Is a Cabinet-Level CIO the Future of Government I.T.?

That person would lead “a legion of people” who could support the technology needs of other agencies.

Digital Government

Think Beyond Modernization, Tech Execs Told Trump

Silicon Valley bigwigs discussed machine learning, open data and the need for government spending on research.

Digital Government

Kushner Finds Government Open to Change—At Least in Tech

The president's son-in-law and senior adviser targets data centers and floppy disks.