by Allan Rubin, Vice President, Marketing The GSA conference scandal has crept back into the news as the IRS has encountered its own high-profile spending scrutiny. So I found it noteworthy when this item crossed my desk today. The Office of Management and Budget just issued a “Controller Alert” to all Federal agencies, acknowledging theRead… Read more »
by Chris Wiedemann, Analyst If you’ve been following the progress of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), you might have seen a recent GAO report that contained some mixed messages about the program’s progress. First, the good news: according to the report, agencies have already closed around 420 data centers, with another 968 plannedRead… Read more »
by Skip Liesegang, Vice President, Partners, Programs, and Alliances. What’s the best way to reach the state and local government market? Yes, this market is filled with opportunity, but it’s also filled with challenges due to its geographic diversity and unique procurement rules. A few key things to keep in mind while targeting this market:Read… Read more »
by Lloyd McCoy Jr., Senior Analyst The full deployment RFP for the Navy’s new consolidated network has just been released with the award currently scheduled for this winter. The new network, officially known as CANES, Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, will collapse the Navy’s five legacy networks into one. The aim is to applyRead… Read more »
by Lloyd McCoy Jr., Senior Analyst I recently attended a luncheon where several deputy CIOs from the Defense, Agriculture, and Interior Departments, as well as the GSA IT Transition Executive, spoke about their cost saving initiatives. Besides providing progress reports on their consolidation and optimization efforts, they called on vendors that had extensive footprints withinRead… Read more »
by Mohamad Elbarasse, Analyst As part of Federal CIO Steve Van Roekel’s Digital Government Strategy (DGS), ITDashboard.gov has launched a new page on its website that provides a snapshot of major agencies’ progress against the milestones set out in his plan. The tool is designed to assist the public in measuring the progress that governmentRead… Read more »
by Chris Wiedemann, Analyst If you’ve been following our blog lately, you will have noticed a heavy focus on cybersecurity coming out of the government at a very high level, as mentioned by both Steve and Tom in the last few weeks. It’s not surprising that federal executives at the highest levels are dedicating renewedRead… Read more »
Agencies are pursuing a handful of major initiatives to continue modernizing the IT landscape in the federal government. One of the Administration’s pushes within their Digital Government Strategy is directing agencies to look toward cloud solutions to create savings and enhance service delivery. The Cloud First Policy would require agencies to default to cloud-based solutionsRead… Read more »
by Steve Charles, Co-founder and Executive Vice President It may sound dull ⎯ Executive Order 13636 DOD-GSA Section 8(e) Working Group ⎯ but it’s a group with a lot of leverage. It could dramatically change the complexion of federal IT procurement. The Working Group is drafting a request for information from industry for how toRead… Read more »
Tomas O’Keefe Senior Analyst Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, more widely known as CISPA by a vote of 288 to 127. The House had attempted passage last year of the controversial bill, but privacy concerns derailed the act and it never came to vote inRead… Read more »