Technology holds a vast potential to change the way government runs and transform public service. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing are disruptive forces for change that can ultimately improve government services and operations through lowered costs, increased efficiency, and better citizen services and engagement. Innovation in the federal sector isn't restricted to Washington, D.C. To find...

The government’s current IT trajectory is not sustainable, and DOD and other agencies must modernize their systems to make use of new data available to them, handle current and future security threats and maximize their returns on IT investments. The government spends about 80 percent of its $80-plus billion IT budget on legacy systems, leaving precious few resources available to modernize systems and test, develop and keep pace with ne...

All the data in the world is useless if you can’t manage it.With as many as 200 billion internet-connected sensors and devices expected by 2020, we’re fast approaching a world of big data – the Internet of Everything – but making the most of it requires advances in data governance.For federal agencies, this explosion of data represents both a major challenge and opportunity: How can they ensure the availability, usabil...

The government’s current IT trajectory is not sustainable, and DOD and other agencies must modernize their systems to make use of new data available to them, handle current and future security threats and maximize their returns on IT investments. The government spends about 80 percent of its $80-plus billion IT budget on legacy systems, leaving precious few resources available to modernize systems and test, develop and keep pace with new...

Securing government networks is growing ever more challenging as agencies face a growing variety of threats on one side and shrinking IT budgets on the other. Now more than ever, agencies need to turn to innovation to enable them to deal with threats of every type in a cost-effective way. They also find that even as they do so, the landscape of cybersecurity is changing around them. In the third installment of the Cybersecurity Series, we...