As multiple, prior administrations came to understand, a good portion of the annual Federal IT budget is allocated to keeping legacy systems functioning, ultimately draining precious funds away from modernizing systems and capabilities. Over the years, costs to maintain these “end-of-life” systems continued to grow. The goal of the IT Modernization effort is to replace legacy IT systems and modernize so agencies can (1) more easily...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular Cyber Security Conference held each May, government IT security professionals will once again gather in September to network and continue the dialog about today’s cyber threats. The Cyber & IT Security Conference is co-located with the 5th annual 930gov Conference, Tradeshow & Training Symposium. 930gov is a fiscal year-end strategy exchange bringing together Governme...

There are plenty of changes underway in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. DGI’s 17th Government Customer Experience Conference — which is free for government professionals — will explore the policies, applications and technologies involved with improving customer...

OMB, DHS, Department of Defense (DoD), Committee of National Security Systems (CNSS), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made major advances in improving the security of Federal information technology (IT) systems. They have created new standards, processes, and solutions that are streamlining and automating security and moving us closer to the goal of total near-real-time security awareness. At the end of this...

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), provides standardization on security assessment and authorization. It also offers continuous monitoring for cloud products and services and helps government agencies cut costs, build confidence in security, and speed adoption of cloud technologies. Now, agencies and organizations can create and join meetings from computers or mobile devices, invite participants to share content i...