Acquisition
Striking a blow for agile with DOD weapons systems
If the Defense Department truly embraces agile, Steve Kelman argues, it would be a critical and much-needed tipping point for government innovation.
Acquisition
Solving the 'technical debt' problem
Increasingly IT managers are recognizing that it's time to stop borrowing against the future when it comes to overly complex and outdated applications.
Cybersecurity
Air Force hackathon pays out $104,000
In its second hackathon, the Air Force paid out a record amount in bounties after extending the December program 20 days.
Modernization
Veterans Affairs Wasted Closer to $2 Billion On Failed IT Projects
The department misspent even more than government investigators initially believed in attempting to modernize its health records system.
Ideas
4 Principles for Making Digital Transformations Work
Government agencies can complete effective digital transformations but it takes new technologies and management practices.
Ideas
Breaking Down What DevOps Means
Five considerations for federal agencies looking to adopt the DevOps philosophy.
People
Help wanted: Senior agile leaders needed
The government must invest in making agencies' senior IT program managers real agile leaders.
Digital Government
Why is there so much customized software in the federal government?
Former federal CIO Tony Scott explains why agencies must kick their addiction to custom code.
Emerging Tech
Homeland Security's Top Buyer: Still All-In In Agile
The department needs to do a better job “taking the fear out of innovation,” Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa said.
Digital Government
An important new guide to agile
Steve Kelman applauds a new resource for agencies looking to put agile into action.
Modernization
Agencies failing key agile test
An oversight report found that most agencies were failing to certify implementation of incremental development on some major software projects.
Modernization
Lawmakers look to keep close tabs on VA's health record switch
A bipartisan quartet of lawmakers introduced legislation that would compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to document how it plans to implement its new electronic health record system.
Acquisition
Agile at scale
Federal agencies are embracing agile development, but new ways of thinking are needed to make it work at government scale.
Cybersecurity
DHS: A 'vast majority' of agencies on track with Kaspersky directive
It is too soon to tell how long it will take to fully purge the embattled vendor from federal systems, according to a DHS official.
Digital Government
Oracle rips innovation shops
In comments on a planned governmentwide modernization scheme, database firm Oracle called on the federal government to rethink open source and hiring software coders.
Modernization
What keeps govtech leaders up at night?
A joint survey by Grant Thornton and PSC found that IT stakeholders in government fear their own employees and outdated systems the most when it comes to cybersecurity.
Digital Government
A how-to software guide for federal managers
A guide from 18F aimed at federal managers without a software engineering background prioritizes continuous, incremental improvement and user-centered design.
Acquisition
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.
Digital Government
How automated tools can unlock IT challenges
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery are changing government IT.
Digital Government