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What Are Federal Agencies' Top 2020 Technology Priorities?

IT leaders discuss plans for IT modernization, including application rationalization, software-defined WAN, improving data skills and enhancing the user experience for services.

Justice Department

Security

Justice Department to Launch New ICAM System

Windows 10

Software

What Can Agencies Do If They Miss the Windows 7 Deadline?

Air Force software developers

Software

DISA Plans for Further IT Modernization in 2020

Software

What Is Quantum Computing and How Can It Help Feds?

Software

USPS to Use Nvidia’s AI Tech to Process Packages More Efficiently

Cloud

4 Ways to Prepare Government Apps for Cloud

Software

How Your Agency Can Get Started with Robotic Process Automation

Hardware

Agencies Fly Drones to Survey Post-Disaster Damage

Internet

30 Federal IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2019

Digital Workspace

VA Uses Telehealth to Give Veterans the Care They Need from a Distance

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Dashboard

GSA, Education and USAID Nab Top FITARA Scorecard Marks

Federal CIO Suzette Kent hailed the latest scorecard
DOD Awards Microsoft Its JEDI Cloud Contract

The DOD calls JEDI a “general purpose” cloud for Inf
Pentagon Awards $7.6 Billion DEOS Cloud Contract

The contract will help the Defense Department modern
GSA to Shut Down FedBizOpps Website

The government is rolling out a streamlined website
DOD Releases Digital Modernization Strategy

The strategy emphasizes the importance of cloud and
White House Finalizes Cloud Smart Strategy

The policy emphasizes the need for application ratio
GSA Selects OPM as Third Centers of Excellence Agency

OPM wants to get a handle on legacy IT and strengthe
Cyberattackers Can Cause Damage in the Blink of an Eye

On average, it takes Russian hackers 19 minutes to g

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Cloud

4 Ways to Prepare Government Apps for Cloud

Agency IT leaders need to figure out how applications will perform in the cloud before they migrate them there.

Hybrid IT

Cloud

Plan Well for a Hybrid Cloud Environment and See Efficiencies

VDI vs. DaaS

Cloud

VDI or DaaS: Which Desktop Solution Is Best for Your Agency?

SBA CIO Maria Roat

Cloud

SBA, CBP, USTDA Turn to the Cloud to Keep Work Flowing

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What Are Federal Agencies' Top 2020 Technology Priorities?

IT leaders discuss plans for IT modernization, including application rationalization, software-defined WAN, improving data skills and enhancing the user experience for services.
VA Provides Health Care Via Smartphones

Most U.S. veterans live as much as 90 minutes away from the nearest health care facility. The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its 20-year-old telemedicine program to make it even easier for veterans to get the care they need; now they can call in to an appointment via smartphone from any location. Nearly a quarter of all video telehealth visits in FY 2019 happened through a mobile device, and the number is rising.

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How GSA Helps Feds Modernize Technology

The General Services Administration is taking several steps, including via the Centers of Excellence and new procurement models, to help agencies upgrade their IT.
Imagine Nation ELC 2019: The Seldomly Asked Questions Around Emerging Tech

Federal IT leaders are excited about emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and 5G. But what are the questions that they often forget to ask when deploying new tech?
Imagine Nation ELC 2019: How AI Impacts Cybersecurity

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming more important across federal IT, and they have the power to reshape how agencies secure their data.

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Automation technology

Management

What Should the Government Do About the Coming Automation Apocalypse?

Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy, right, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, host a roundtable discussion on the enterprise cloud initiative with reporters at the Pentagon, Aug. 9, 2019.

Software

DOD Board Lays Out Ethical Principles for AI

two hands plugging a blade server into a data center

Management

How to Navigate the GSA’s Newly Consolidated Contracts

U.S. Census Bureau

Management

Technology Provides the Foundation for Major Federal Projects

Diane Phan of the Defense Information Security Agency believes commercial endpoint security solutions improve situational awareness.

Security

Agencies Can Boost Endpoint Security via Commercial Solutions

The Census Bureau’s Device as a Service project will help enumerators capture as much data as possible, says the bureau’s Michael Thieme.

Digital Workspace

The Census Bureau Makes Device as a Service Count

The Pure Storage FlashBlade system

Data Center

Review: Pure Storage FlashBlade Delivers Fast and Constant Access

Hybrid IT

Cloud

Plan Well for a Hybrid Cloud Environment and See Efficiencies

Energy infrastructure cybersecurity

Security

DOE and States Manage Cybersecurity Risk Together

U.S. Capitol Building government shutdown

Management

How Feds Can Benefit from Lessons Learned from the Government Shutdown

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