A quick examination of the results of a GovLoop survey of 138 public sector professionals on issues related to FITARA helps illustrate why agencies are struggling so much with acquisition waste, duplication and, ultimately, poor governance.
For many government agencies, managing the costs of supporting legacy technology and introducing new innovation has been challenging. To ease the financial burden of upgrading IT systems, U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott has proposed the creation of a $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund (ITMF).
Health IT, precision medicine, and genomics are a lot like climbing Mount Everest. Climbing the mountain the first time takes a lot of time, money, and other resources, but once the summit has been scaled, future climbers can work to make the process easier and achieve new goals that would have at one time seemed… Read more »
Government must come together as one to identify our common needs and maintain the highest levels of quality in the products and services we purchase to meet those needs.
This blog post is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent guide FITARA: What You Need to Know. Download the full guide here.
See how Wyoming is turning challenges into successes and taking IT modernization by storm.
New IT trends and expectations mean that more than ever, government needs scalable, flexible solutions that are reliable, efficient and easy to manage. That’s where the growing adoption of flash storage comes in.
To kick off GovLoop’s Government Innovators Virtual Tech Day, we asked two awesome government experts what they think makes innovative government.
The sweet spot for Heather Schwenk, the Peace Corps’ Volunteer Delivery System Expert, is when the agency’s business and technology teams align and mission needs drive tech adoption — not the other way around.
A June U.S. Government Accountability Office report on 18F and USDS revealed that the groups are making positive changes in government but must continue working to improve in the future.