Agencies are using Software as a Service as a practical way to upgrade and optimize their technology.
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Departments

Interview

Parallel Play

Todd Simpson, the first chief product officer at HHS, wants to bring his department’s myriad independent agencies under one shared-services umbrella.

Security Save

A Fuller View

Agencies may leverage CASB solutions to improve their visibility and oversight of cloud service use.

Product Review

Smart Chat

Agencies can reach out to remote employees and distant offices with clarity and security.

Tech Trends

Scorecard Solutions

Agencies also get top marks for using those inventories to make cost-effective decisions.

Lessons Learned

Secure the Perimeter

Looking for ways to upgrade security, the Montgomery, Ala., base piloted a “smart base” program successful enough that it may become permanent.

Tech Tips

Speed Test

Agencies can’t ignore updates, but planning can make regularly scheduled ones go smoothly.

Product Review

Double Duty

With lightning-fast performance in tablet or notebook mode, this portable device provides speedy, safe computing.

IT Futurist

Speak Up

Smart-speaker technology may make it easier for people to get answers to routine questions, and USCIS and SBA are piloting the tech.

Features

Feature

The Doctor Will See You Now

Agencies work to bring video-based telehealth to patients wherever they may be — in their living room or on the front lines.

Feature

Paper Trail

With NARA deadline looming, the Energy Department, Library of Congress and others turn to high-end scanners to convert files and keep offices organized.

Feature

It's Raining Data

Agencies with research labs use a host of providers to make information available to scientists outside government.

Feature

Moving Targets

Enterprise mobility management tools help agencies create a comfortable user experience while simultaneously protecting information.

Opinion

Contributor Column

A New Path for Technology

From automation to security, the federal Cloud Smart policy takes the government on a journey to modernization.

Contributor Column

Uniquely Human

As security becomes more automated, people who can come up with new ways of seeing solutions grow in importance.

Letter From the Editor

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