Digital Government

How the Financial Transparency Act will Bring Open Data to Financial Regulation

The proposed Financial Transparency Act brings about a lot of questions. How exactly will it transform financial regulation? The video below explains how: Most financial regulatory agencies still use outdated document-based formats, instead of standardized, open data, to collect information from the financial industry. The Financial Transparency Act (H.R. 2477), introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa andRead… Read more »

Optimizing and Accelerating Your DevOps Process

This interview with Mike Dye, Solutions Infrastructure Architect and Chief Technology Officer at NetApp, is an excerpt from our recent “Guide to DevOps in Government“. The full guide is available for download at this link. There are a multitude of benefits to using DevOps: stronger collaboration and teamwork, better transparency, increased productivity, and, best ofRead… Read more »

5 Steps to Start Using DevOps

This post is an excerpt from our recent “Guide to DevOps in Government“. The full guide is available for download at this link. Once you  understand the value of DevOps, how do you get started? Especially if your teams work in strict silos, without tools to foster collaboration, you might be overwhelmed at the prospect ofRead… Read more »

Using Culture and Technologies for DevOps

If your organization is used to managing projects in a linear, siloed process, the idea of implementing the collaborative, iterative DevOps approach can seem daunting. While there are significant benefits to the methodology, it does require significant changes across an organization. How do you manage those changes to achieve DevOps success?