As previously blogged in this space, one of the most prominent of these studies came from the TechAmerica Foundation, entitled “Government Technology Opportunity in the 21st Century.” A key commission recommendation is to expand the use of rapid, smaller steps to increase the agility in acquisition and program execution. This helps make IT results earlier and more efficient. It also helps identify and manage risk throughout the lifecycle of an IT project. This can help make IT more effective.
What is the FDA’s IT strategy? How is FDA changing the way it does IT? What is FDA doing to leverage the advances of mobile technologies? I explore these questions and so much more with our very special guest, Todd Simpson, Chief Information Officer, US Food and Drug Administration. Also joining us from IBM is Tim Stitely.
IT Modernization Bill Re-Introduced. NextGovreports: “Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, plans to introduce legislation today designed to help federal agencies update their aging technology—and this time, it has White House backing. . . .
The current White House leaders of these offices have also inherited a capacity first created in the prior Administration that can turn the good ideas of these two offices in to action – the U.S.
We are pleased to announce our latest round of awards for new reports on key public sector challenges, which respond to priorities identified in the Center's research agenda. Our content is intended to stimulate and accelerate the production of practical research that benefits public sector leaders and managers.
We expect the following reports to be published in early 2018. Short summaries of each report follow.
Modernizing Government IT by Dr. Gregory S. Dawson, Arizona State University
The first blog in this series presented information about Insider Threat policies and key organizations working to prevent Insider Threats. This blog will focus on current, IT-based, and recommended, whole-person risk-rating, efforts to detect and prevent Insider Threats. The next blog post w
IT Reforms Create Breathing Room. NextGov reports: “Obama-era technology modernization programs and legislation are beginning to have a substantial effect freeing up IT budget money, but there’s a long way left to go, industry executives said during a Professional Services Council market forecast Wednesday. . . .
