Is the Primary Goal of Modernization to Reduce Costs?
To say that digital modernization is purely a cost-savings initiative is a myth.
Posts Tagged: Army
How to Get Non-IT Employees on Board With Modernization
One of the biggest hurdles to IT modernization is culture. Here are some practical tips from IT leaders on how to get buy-in across your agency.
Miss USA: How to Be Good at Life
To be good at life, you need to be the best version of yourself. Miss USA, Capt. Deshauna Barber, shared practical tips with our NextGen attendees on how to thrive in life.
Military Spouses: Government’s New Secret Weapon?
In any workplace, diversity is essential to success. This is doubly true in government. There’s one group of people, however, who are not often thought of when it comes to diversity: military spouses. That’s a shame. Read why here.
Leadership in Action
From forging a unity of effort in homeland security to strategizing today how to field the U.S. Army of tomorrow; to pursuing affordable housing, eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare, and securing cyberspace, our most recent issue of The Business of Government magazine delves into a diverse set of topics and public management issuesRead… Read more »
What the Army’s Cloud Computing Strategy Really Means
Nearly three years after the Defense Department released its cloud computing strategy, the Army is setting the stage to speed adoption of cloud technologies within its ranks. The Army’s cloud computing strategy, released last month, complements the DoD’s 2012 document but also embodies the Pentagon’s evolving views on the benefits of cloud and how bestRead… Read more »
Army Tries to Solve Supply Chain Management Problems with Mobile
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The federal government procurement process has followed the same formula for decades with little adapting to the face-paced, technological demands of today. What does this lack of change mean for the future of the procurement system? A major overhaul, minor tweaking, or staying with the status quo? We discuss a newRead… Read more »
Army Research Lab Designs NASA Image Recovery Tech
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has built a device that aims to help NASA locate recording platforms meant to capture spacecraft decelerators’ image data, DoD Live reported Thursday. ARL’s Flight Imagery Recorder Locator contains a satellite communications moden, GPS receiver, dual-band antenna and batteries, according to the article. Rex Hall, an ARL project lead engineer,Read… Read more »
Alexander Kott: Army Research Lab to Work With Academia on Cyber Problems
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has formed an alliance with the private and academic sectors with the goal of preventing cyber attacks on military computer networks. The Cybersecurity Collaborative Research Alliance will work to study the human elements of cybersecurity and develop methods to assess and detect risks to the Army’s infrastructure, ARL said Thursday.Read… Read more »
Nearly $500M Up For Grabs Under Army Printer Contract
The U.S. Army has awarded positions on a potential $498 million contract to seven companies for commercial-off-the-shelf, multi-functional devices. Contractors will compete for task orders to supply the equipment and provide repair and maintenance services to the Army under firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Equipment covered under the contract includes accessories andRead… Read more »