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IRS consolidates deputy commissioner roles, names other c-suite leaders
It’s the first time the agency’s upper echelons have been restructured in nearly two decades.
GSA Centers of Excellence initiative adding an AI focus
The General Services Administration is adding a sixth focus area for its program to help agencies speed up their IT modernization.
By Andrew Eversden
Using the right tools: How federal leaders can plan in complex, uncertain times
The Cynefin Framework identifies four types of situations that each require different activities to envision outcomes, plan activities and measure results.
By Eric Meade and Emily Oehler
VA moving to deliver electronic health record modernization
Veterans Affairs will continue to resist the pressure to rush the process and stay focused on doing electronic health record modernization right, says the VA secretary in this commentary.
By Robert Wilkie
Will Congress ever get better at technology security?
Budgets, physical limitations and partisan politics hamper Congress' ability to become more savvy to rapidly changing technology.
By Andrew Eversden
Modernization committee makes proposals to help staffers, improve IT
The changes could mark improvements in congressional human resources, new member orientations and use of technology, if adopted by the full House.
By Jessie Bur
Is your agency vulnerable during an upgrade?
Security must be taken into consideration during the modernization process.
By Andrew Eversden
These are the IT reforms the Pentagon wants
Two cloud contracts, potentially worth billions, are among the modernization initiatives critical to improving Department of Defense security and readiness.
By Andrew Eversden
The agencies behind the FITARA 8.0 ball
The new federal IT modernization scorecard included new sections and new grades, not all of them good.
By Andrew Eversden
Breaking down barriers for DevOps adoption in government
Agencies need to demolish cultural roadblocks to move the government’s approach to IT forward.
By Jay Bercher
GAO: OPM’s retirement system needs its own departure plan
Federal retirement application processing has met significant delays due to the Office of Personnel Management's antiquated processing operations.
By Chloe Rogers