Digital Government

What’s Up With the Office of Management and Budget Website?

Currently, the integral agency—a repository for memoranda issued by the executive branch—is without a website.

Digital Government

Harris Sells Federal IT Business

The deal is reflective of what analysts believe will be a busy year for mergers among IT contractors.

Digital Government

Industry Group to Trump: Halting EPA Contracts is Bad for Business

Part of the contracting community voiced “serious concerns” over the move, calling on EPA and the new administration to “share as much information publicly as possible” about the validity, rationale and duration of contract suspensions.

Modernization

IBM's $62M Army Private Cloud Contract is About Ditching Legacy Systems

As part of the Army Private Cloud Enterprise program, IBM will build an IT infrastructure at the Army’s Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama.

Digital Government

NOAA's First Images from Next-Gen Geostationary Satellite

GOES-16 enters the testing phase, beaming back images with four times higher resolution than other NOAA satellites.

Digital Government

New Category Management Brass Coming to GSA

The Office of Information Technology Category welcomes two officials from FCC and Treasury.

Digital Government

US Digital Service Gets New Leader

Former Google guy Matt Cutts will serve as acting administrator.

Modernization

Microsoft Gets Big Cloud Win in Defense Department

A provisional authorization means military customers and DOD agencies can use Microsoft’s cloud for compute, storing, networking and database services.

Digital Government

Outgoing DOD CIO Defends Pentagon's IT Modernization Efforts

DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen announced his retirement and defended the Joint Information Environment and the Joint Regional Security Stacks.

Digital Government

Transportation Secretary Nominee Wants Agency to ‘Keep Pace’ with Innovation

Elaine Chao emphasized a need to keep up with emerging tech to make public security and safety gains.

Digital Government

Tech Trade Group to New Congress: Let’s Collaborate

The Information Technology Industry Council outlined four priority areas that share commonalities with Trump’s agenda.

Cybersecurity

Is DC's Subway Ready for a Cyberattack?

Only five days into 2017, Metro experienced its first meltdown of the year as a computer glitch left its control center unable to communicate with tracks for about 10 minutes.

Digital Government

Here's Why Defense IT Firms Should Brace for Merger Mania

Companies that excel in emerging technologies—like cloud computing and internet of things—will be prime targets.

Digital Government

White House Leaves Trump a Tech To-Do List

The Office of Science and Technology's exit memo features many recommendations to keep the country's tech edge.

Digital Government

Expect Tough Fight for a Piece of the Growing $6B Health IT Market

Defense and Veterans Affairs departments likely will drive increased spending, according to one analyst.

Modernization

GSA Wants Disruptive Tech for Shared Services

“This is an important step toward understanding how we can change the way government does business internally," according to one official.