Modernization
DOD sets 5G test sites
The Defense Department named five bases around the country to test emerging high speed 5G network applications.
Acquisition
An insider's guide to avoiding procurement fraud
Outright criminal procurement fraud is thankfully rare, but compliance issues in federal contracting often have legal ramifications. Good communication can help, according to a new book.
Acquisition
DOD to get interim agile software rules
A new adaptive acquisition framework being rolled out by the Defense Department will boost software development.
Modernization
Cloud, TBM reshaping federal IT
According to a trade group forecast, the move to cloud is leading agencies away from shared services.
Modernization
Bringing AI into the federal technology fold
Agencies are beginning to develop new capacity to incorporate emerging technologies for every use in data analysis.
Modernization
FAA chief data officer wants to pace development
The Federal Aviation Administration's top data officer wants to take a layered approach to how it develops U.S. air traffic control IT systems.
Modernization
USDA, EEOC land first FY 2020 TMF awards
Public-facing systems at two agencies will get millions to help with the move to the cloud.
Modernization
SBA inks EIS contract
The Small Business Administration joined a few other agencies with a big early autumn telecommunications contract.
Acquisition
GSA looks for agency buy-in on e-commerce platform
The General Services Administration is consulting with potential federal users to get them ready to use upcoming e-commerce platform.
Cybersecurity
Industry seeks more liability protections for threat info
Commercial providers of technology and infrastructure want more federal protection to share specific cyber threat information about risky products and services.
Cybersecurity
Advanced tech and human operators
Artificial intelligence and machine learning tools are helping perform cybersecurity tasks, but humans remain central to the process, experts say.
Acquisition
Why data is key to GSA's e-commerce plan
Federal spending and pricing data -- and who can access what -- are critical to success of the General Services Administration's e-commerce platform plans.
Acquisition
FBI CIO joins tech lobbying group
Information Technology Industry Council is renewing its focus on public sector with the addition of FBI CIO Gordon Bitko.
Modernization
$341M telecom task order key to IRS modernization
The IRS plans to support modernization of customer-facing operations via its Enterprise Infrastructure Services buy.
Acquisition
GSA's schedule merger to show changes next summer
Federal contracting officers will see biggest change from GSA's work to merge multiple purchasing schedules into a single one as the third phase closes in mid-2020.
Acquisition
COMET, EIS moving ahead at GSA
Federal Acquisition Service head Alan Thomas is retiring just as two major overhauls are showing results.
Acquisition
NASA's big contract vehicle lowers fee
In the wake of a flush spending season, Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement cuts agency customers a better deal.
Modernization
Two more big agencies issue EIS task orders
The Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service both signed off on EIS contracts last month.
Modernization
5G emerges with some asterisks
Agencies and suppliers working to address emerging issues for the next-generation wireless technology.
Digital Government
CIA looks to hang up the fax
The spy outfit is beta testing a plan to exchange emails with contractors, the agency CIO said.
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