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Ideas
Enhancing the FITARA scorecard
Opportunities exist to enhance the FITARA scorecard to ensure its continued relevance and to keep pace with technology changes.
Modernization
Top 10 tech trends for feds to watch
As Trump's budget proposal points to policy priorities, these tech issues are sure to shape government's operational agenda.
People
How to survive and thrive in the Trump administration
Advice for career federal executives navigating the awkward "in-between" time of a presidential transition.
Modernization
IT modernization, improved cybersecurity and innovation are all intertwined
New survey shows agency CIOs, CTOs and CISOs agree on the needs, and lament the slow pace of progress.
Modernization
FedRAMP Ready or FedRAMP Irrelevant?
Despite GSA’s efforts to accelerate the FedRAMP approval process, the lack of agency reciprocity puts the program’s central goals at risk.
Modernization
Truly committing to innovation and the cloud
Government's success is enabled by using contracting practices that reward rather than discourage new ideas and approaches.
Cybersecurity
So many chiefs, so little coordination
The growing number of roles with "chief" in the title are complicating governance and security efforts, especially when they bypass the CIO.
People
Ideas for the next president
It's not too early to start thinking about how to help the upcoming administration define its priorities for improving federal IT.
Acquisition
Moving from oversight to outcomes with FITARA
The law's success hinges on a culture change from blame-setting to measuring progress toward desired goals.
Modernization
What CIOs really think
Here are seven insights into the state of federal IT from the 25th annual CIO survey.
Cybersecurity
Valuing cybersecurity outcomes instead of oversight
Although the government has made progress on cybersecurity, we need to make better use of the tools we have.
Featured eBooks
People
Secure sharing: Maintaining the right balance
Think you can succeed by zeroing in on a single problem? Sorry, but life is not that simple.
Acquisition
The right tool for the job
Rather than falling back on the same old solutions, federal IT professionals should discern the best approach to achieve the desired outcome.
