Ideas
How Design Thinking Can Improve Public Sector IT
With its push to provide faster, more predictable and higher quality software, public sector IT organizations may have discounted the need for design.
Modernization
How the Army Software Factory Preps Soldiers for Future Battlefields
Program lead Maj. Vito Errico said the project is focused on helping the Army figure out how to organize product teams for the future force.
Cybersecurity
DOD expands bug bounty program to public networks, systems
The vulnerability disclosure program, which was started from the Defense Digital Service's 2016 Hack the Pentagon initiative, was initially restricted to public-facing websites and applications.
Podcasts
Critical Update: What Platform One Brings to the Pentagon’s Software Game
Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan and industry experts explain how Platform One is eliminating barriers to entry for DevSecOps teams.
Modernization
Air Force to Field Kessel Run Command and Control Product
The service wants feedback on a suite of tools called Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite, or KRADOS, to continue developing it.
Modernization
HASC chair calls for new incentives to reduce defense costs
Divesting of legacy systems to make way for new technologies is expensive and at the heart of the Defense Department's budget debate. But could new incentives for contractors make a difference?
Ideas
How Do You Retire Technology and Limit Risk?
The challenge is that while many get excited about the new software when it’s installed, too few make long-term plans for removal at software end of life.
Modernization
DOD’s Deputy CIO Wants to Change the Conversation on IT
Danielle Metz, leader for the information enterprise, discusses the misconceptions about the office of the CIO, the ongoing Fourth Estate Network Optimization project and the importance of software modernization.
Podcasts
Critical Update: The Programmers of Public Service
Meet two federal software developers: One at the start of their career and the other nearing the end.
Modernization
Supply chain risk: Addressing a multitude of single points of failure
As recent attacks have demonstrated, supply chain risks extend to the software and update process as well.
Ideas
From COBOL to Cloud: DOD’s Digital Journey
Migrating big systems can be a huge project. But technologies are standing by to help you achieve it.
Modernization
The Air Force Is Making an App That Basically Does What a General Does
The nascent app aims to generate options, recommendations, and mission orders.
Cybersecurity
White House to Seek Industry Input on New Software Security Rules, NSC Official Says
The administration wants to make sure the private sector has the ability to weigh in on procurement standards in an impending executive order.
Digital Government
Google wins decade-old software case against Oracle
The Supreme Court ruled that Google was within its rights to copy and repurpose 11,500 lines of Java software code in the Android mobile operating system.
Modernization
Army Using DevSecOps for Tactical Radio Program
The iterative development approach allowed the program executive office to start making adjustments to network operations quickly, according to a news release.
Ideas
Robinhood App Makes Wall Street Feel Like a Game to Win – Instead of a Place Where You Can Lose Your Life Savings in a New York Minute
Gamification has a dark side too.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog Says Software Development Issues May Force F-35 Delay
The Government Accountability Office found the Defense Department’s current modernization schedule “is not rooted in reality.”
People
A contractor calls for hiring more techies in-house
Steve Kelman argues that Ad Hoc CEO Greg Gershman is onto something important.
Cybersecurity
White House Is Developing a Plan to Secure Industrial Control Systems
An upcoming executive order in response to the hacking campaign that involved SolarWinds will include standards to improve software transparency.
Digital Government
Cultural Resistance Top Challenge Slowing IT Modernization, Survey Finds
Air Force Chief Information Officer Lauren Knausenberger said she’s changing minds by demonstrating utility to the warfighter.
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