Precision Medicine’s Future in Government
Precision medicine, which takes into account an individual’s genetics during, is a major trend in government health IT and a presidential initiative.
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What Needs Should Guide Your ITaaS Procurement?
Government agencies want and need innovative technologies, but they’re challenged by tight budgets, complex procurements and high security requirements. A more flexible approach is to contract for IT capacity on an on-demand basis, allowing for scaling up or down, depending on requirements. This is becoming the preferred method of contracting for and implementing IT capacity.
The 4 Envelopes: Transparent Project Management Part 2
Public confidence in federal technology is at record lows in the wake of serial IT disasters like healthcare.gov and OPM’s failure to protect tens of millions of security records. We need to fix this.
5 Steps for Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
The Internet is an amazing place that allows children to meet and interact with people from around the world, but it also provides the bad guys new ways into your home that was heretofore unavailable.
Delaware CIO Shares Cloud Procurement Tips
We’ve all been on the dreaded tech support line — languishing in despair as the wait time increases and real help seems like a distant dream. There has to be a better way, right? If only the government could find one. The Delaware Department of Technology found that solution.
Why 18F Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
Earlier this month, GSA launched a third line of business to house its digital startup, 18F, and emerging tech initiatives. We sat down with the new commissioner of GSA’s Technology Transformation Service to get more details on the new entity and what it means for potential government customers.
How Digital Cloud Platforms Help Government
Today, citizens have come to expect fast, efficient and accessible services from government agencies. But to be successful, agencies must ensure that their digital strategies increase user engagement and address opportunities to save money. Managed cloud platforms and open source software are enabling agencies to do both.
The 4 Envelopes: Transparent Project Management
Let’s examine what’s currently available to public stakeholders and how we could make all our IT programs and projects more transparent.
Unlocking Data From The Legacy Stack In Federal IT
Federal agencies have saved approximately $2.8 billion between 2011 and 2015 by consolidating data centers. But consolidation is no longer enough.
Under CISA, Information Sharing Is Caring—If You Do It Right
Securing sensitive data against the sheer number of cyberthreats is an impossible task for a single organization. It’s akin to sending one soldier to battle against an army of millions. In an effort to strengthen the nation’s defense against cyberthreats, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015… Read more »