Many federal agencies, especially – but not limited to – the Department of Defense rely on warehousing as an essential part of their logistics operations and asset management strategies. The pandemic highlighted how quickly supply chain issues, especially with regard to IT, can snarl the availability of parts and finished products. Agencies dependent on the smooth flow of parts and finished products suffered in meeting their missio...

The push for digital modernization by government at all levels has been under way for several years now. State and local governments had to scramble during the pandemic to find ways to support employees working remotely, adding momentum to the modernization push. Despite the need, IT budgets haven’t kept up – from staffing issues to costly legacy infrastructure, state and local agencies are struggling to find ways to maximize the v...

Join the top decision-makers from government and tech at FedScoop’s ITModTalks as they discuss ongoing efforts in federal IT modernization, the continued move to modern, cloud-based systems, and what is in store with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.IT modernization tops the list of priorities under the Biden administration. Not only do modern systems and software play an invaluable role in delivering the services Ameri...

Delivering excellent, equitable, and secure federal services for an outstanding customer experience is a priority that comes from the President’s Management Agenda. Achieving that goal can be helped by learning from a different mindset found mostly in the private sector – product management. Excellent experiences don’t just happen—they need to be designed in a deliberate manner. In a traditional software build, long per...

As the nation faces more persistent and sophisticated cyber threats than ever before, federal agencies can no longer take for granted that their systems and applications are secure. With that in mind, the federal government is taking unprecedented measures to protect the highly sensitive information of Americans. Central to the government’s efforts to deter, protect against, detect, and respond to a constant barrage of attacks, the Biden...

Government agencies at all levels, from the smallest town to the biggest federal offices, are struggling with filling job vacancies and retaining workers, especially for in-demand skills such as cybersecurity and IT management. For the U.S. government, strategic human capital management has been identified as a serious problem for more than 20 years. State and local agencies continue to feel the effects of both the pandemic and competition wit...

Federal use of cloud is a result of over a decade of legislation and funding being driven towards modernization. As more and more agencies have switched to cloud environments, further modernization of their IT systems has encouraged the Federal government to look at new technologies. Hear experts talk about where they are in the cloud journey and how it has impacted their abilities to implement other new technologies! examine the current chall...

Government efforts to modernize saw substantial advancements in 2022: An overwhelming 91% of federal IT workers report their agencies have gained ground on digital modernization efforts in the past year, according to a recent survey of federal employees conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of ICF. But while optimistic, these employees say their work is far from done. Just 30% have achieved continuous improvement in their modernization jou...

In June 2019 the Office of Management and Budget released MemorandumM-19-21, directing all Executive Branch departments and agencies to transition to fully digitize all permanent records by Dec. 31, 2022. But many agencies are going to miss that deadline. Between the scope of the requirements and the effects of the pandemic, fully one-third of agencies have indicated they are going to miss the deadline. The challenge is not simply digitizing r...

Modernizing the Federal Acquisition Lifecycle As Federal procurement policy and processes become more complex, agencies must adapt their business processes and technology solutions to better enable their acquisition professionals to maintain compliance and efficiency while executing mission-critical tasks. IT modernization initiatives empower acquisition professionals and leadership to make better-informed decisions throughout each phase of th...