Digital Government
House Oversight Votes to Hold Clinton Techie in Contempt
Bryan Pagliano, former tech specialist for Hillary Clinton, previously warned he would evoke his Fifth Amendment rights if he testified.
Digital Government
House Passes Modernizing Government Technology Act
The federal government’s woefully old IT systems are apparently something both political parties believe require fixing.
Digital Government
IG: GSA’s Schedules Program Pricing Issues Cost Taxpayers
The audit also found instances where the Schedules Program is not providing the lowest overall cost alternative to government customers.
Digital Government
How FITARA Changed the CIO Game
Legislation gave CIOs new visibility into their own agencies.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Survey: It’s Cyber, Then Everything Else
One CIO described cybersecurity as the government’s “never-ending bug hunt."
Digital Government
Innovation After Hours: Check Out Nextgov’s Newest Event
We’ve themed our first program in this series of events around open source and analytics.
Digital Government
NOAA Awards 2 Contracts Under Commercial Weather Data Pilot
Under the deals, two companies will essentially act as private sector guinea pigs, using their satellites to collect and distribute radio occultation data to NOAA.
Digital Government
Hurd Introduces Modernizing Government Technology Act to House
New IT legislation is a combination of Hurd’s MOVE IT act and the IT Modernization Fund championed by U.S. CIO Tony Scott
Digital Government
Join GovExec & Nextgov for the Federal Customer Experience Summit
The Obama administration continues to push government toward enhancing CX, and the White House pressure has many agencies trying to get it together.
Digital Government
How the Postal Service Regained Customers’ Trust After Throwing Packages
In today’s era of retail behemoths like Amazon and Wal-Mart and delivery giants like FedEx and UPS, improved customer service has helped keep the Postal Service competitive.
Digital Government
18F Expects to Break Even in 2019; Looks to Show Value
Dave Shive said the tech hub “expects to be cost recoverable” by 2019, in line with GAO’s best-case projections.
Modernization
FedRAMP Is Now At Least 3 Times Faster
“We’re now talking under four months for the first authorization,” FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich said.
Digital Government
Report: Want Innovation? Hire and Empower CTOs
Chief technology officers should be empowered to deliver new solutions and approaches.
Emerging Tech
You Can Now Buy a USB Stick That Destroys Any Computer
The gadget will "instantly and permanently disable" any device it plugs into, says the manufacturer.
Digital Government
GSA Official: Federal IT Modernization Will Happen With or Without Legislation
Even if Congress doesn't pass a meaningful law, agencies must respond to a crisis U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott has labeled worse than Y2K.
Digital Government
Following Bid Protest, DISA Re-Releases $17.5B Contract
Encore III earned ire from industry groups earlier this year because it sought “lowest price, technically acceptable” solutions for potentially complex services.
Modernization
Public Cloud Market to Exceed $236B by 2020
This dramatic uptick reflects the massive IT modernization effort amid private-sector companies and, to a lesser extent, government.
Digital Government
Did Clinton Officials Obstruct Justice? House Oversight Asks Court For Review
Rep. Jason Chaffetz sent two letters calling for investigation of deleted emails.
Digital Government
Report: Federal Government Has 'Near Monopoly' on Worst Customer Experience
Uncle Sam finished dead last among 21 major industries.
Emerging Tech
Facebook’s DC Office Seeks Analyst to Combat Hate Groups, Terrorist Content
Candidates should "be excited to delve into the details of understanding and mitigating propaganda networks employed by militant organizations.”
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