Gregory Barbaccia, federal chief information officer and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has shared his insights on how the federal government should advance digital transformation. “I notice a lot of the government considers
Maria Contreras-Sweet, administrator of the Small Business Administration, has announced that the federal government awarded contracts worth approximately $17.8 billion to women-owned small businesses in fiscal year 2015. She said in a statement
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Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell‘s federal systems group, has recommended federal chief information officers instill a “future-ready mindset†among employees to facilitate the implementation of the Federal Information Technology
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department needs to innovate in order to be competitive amid the five global challenges the U.S. currently faces, DoD News reported Tuesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes
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Researchers at the General Services Administration’s 18F organization have outlined some findings from a study on how U.S. citizens interact with federal government. Carolyn Dew, Colin MacArthur and Michelle Chronister write in a blog post published Tuesday that they
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A new SolarWinds survey has found that 48 percent of federal information technology professionals see increased information technology security challenges as a result of upgrades and consolidation programs for IT systems. Federal
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to collaborate on the development of criteria for use in the selection and assessment of leaders for a federal healthcare
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ office of civil rights has released a crosswalk document in an effort to help healthcare organizations understand the overlap between the Health Insurance Portability and
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. Cyber Command has launched a cyber military campaign in an effort to disrupt the Islamic State militant organization’s communications systems and command-and-control platforms, the
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Scientists at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency have started to develop a cloud-based tool that aims to help epidemiologists identify and analyze human and animal disease anomalies and issue warnings on pandemics,
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Homeland Security to involve the executive steering committee in the management of the human resources information technology investment. GAO said in a report released
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