Digital Government
Trump’s Nominee to Lead OMB Wants Better Data
Rep. Mick Mulvaney suggested bad data leads to bad policy decisions.
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.
Digital Government
Why GAO’s Bid Protest Dismissals for Alliant 2 Are a Big Deal
The Alliant sequel emphasizes value, not lowest price.
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
GAO Denies Alliant 2 Protests, Evaluations to Come
The protests questioned GSA's self-scoring system and baseline price.
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.
Cybersecurity
Online Privacy Hit All-Time Low in 2016 But Don't Expect Better in 2017, Company Says
This year was “probably the worst year ever in online privacy," according to one company.
Digital Government
Tech Trade Group: 114th Congress Was Good For Tech—And the Next One Needs to Be Too
"The members of the 115th Congress have a historic opportunity to seize the momentum," according to the group.
Digital Government
In 2017, Expect Fierce Competition for Defense IT Contracts
Over half of the top 100 contractors will be more "exposed"—at risk of losing revenue—than they were in 2016.
Emerging Tech
Trump Doesn’t Need Silicon Valley to Eliminate Government Waste
He would do better to confer with the Government Accountability Office, the independent, nonpartisan federal agency that supports Congress to meet its constitutional responsibilities, and improves performance and ensures accountability on behalf of all Americans.
Digital Government
FITARA Scorecards Could Better Reflect Progress, CIOs Say
In theory, the scorecards motivate agencies to perform better, but they may not always accurately capture much of the progress made.
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