Every year much is written about just how much agencies spend on maintaining outdated legacy systems. Every dollar spent on keeping obsolete systems running means less is available to invest in IT transformation, blocking the new technologies and applications that Americans have come to expect. Unfortunately, the underlying structure of the federal budget process historically has made it extremely difficult to break the cycle. By shifting to t...

The pandemic may have crushed the daily commute in every sector, but it did not change the national security mission of the Intelligence Community or the Department of Defense. Those elements of the federal government suddenly faced the challenge of how to implement remote solutions for employees working on classified or sensitive assignments without jeopardizing their objectives. The Intelligence and National Security Foundation concluded rec...

Federal agencies successfully using TBM know the rewards go further than just complying with another OMB mandate. While TBM supports meeting the requirements of CPIC and FITARA, it enables an agency to plan and manage its IT more effectively. TBM goes well beyond merely tracking technology costs. When adopted, it allows agencies to make more informed IT investment decisions, supporting them in delivering improved mission value. But getting the...

Collaboration is important in many aspects of the federal government. When collaboration from different agencies and organizations begin to happen, agencies must take a step back and see the best practices for this to take place. How do we harmonize our DevOps/DevSecOps tools/processes/policies across agencies so integration of the end product is seamless? Listen as topic experts dive into the best strategies for harmonizing DevOps and DevSecO...

Every year much is written about just how much agencies spend on maintaining outdated legacy systems. Every dollar spent on keeping obsolete systems running means less is available to invest in IT transformation, blocking the new technologies and applications that Americans have come to expect. Unfortunately, the underlying structure of the federal budget process historically has made it extremely difficult to break the cycle. By shifting to t...

The distributed workforce has changed the face of cybersecurity, bringing enhanced access controls like Zero Trust to the forefront, enabling employees to be productive anywhere in the world… even on BYO mobile devices. Recently, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a practice guide titled Mobile Device Security: Bring Your Own Device. This NIST gui...

The Federal Chief Data Officers Council was formed to lead transformational change that improves the nation’s ability to leverage data and analytics to serve the public efficiently and effectively. Data governance is a critical aspect of the chief data officer’s role, and the Council is establishing government-wide best practices for the management, use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data. How are agencies dealing wi...

DESCRIPTION Much of life involves obstacles and challenges that are meant to wear everyone (government, industry, and individuals) down but yet teach us a lesson. However, resiliency over time becomes very important and can be strengthened as we continue to find solutions and gain intelligence from lessons learned. Today, after over a year of a pandemic, the health ecosystem, the mass vaccinations, and health care in general still continue to...

DevOps and DevSecOps are philosophies, movements and even cultures of continuous improvement and integrated security – at scale. The result delivers a powerful advantage for government agencies at all levels which are undergoing digital transformation: faster and more securereleases, greater interoperability and the freedom to focus on the mission. Cloud-native tools such as Kubernetes provide insight into what is happening within an app...

Our world is more connected than ever with billions of devices collectively generating a tremendous quantity of data. These massive data sets are then transferred to and stored in cloud data centers all over the world. Insights from this data change the way we do business, interact with people, and live our daily lives. Research organizations are using high performance computing for an array of areas, from developing disruptive technologies th...