Digital modernization starts with the mission, not the digits
Technology refresh, business process improvement, and improving services delivered to customers and constituencies – they’re all inputs to the ongoing modernization efforts at federal agencies....
View ArticleHow agencies can benefit from good hackers
The Defense Department launched the first Hack the Pentagon in spring 2016—five years ago. The success of this crowdsourced approach to cybersecurity led to DoD establishing its first vulnerability...
View ArticleHow to best leverage your hybrid computing environment for efficiency and...
Managing artificial and machine learning application projects is in large measure a matter of fine-tuning the locations where data and applications reside. It’s less a matter of data center versus...
View ArticleAI success means starting by asking, What is the problem?
Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology, but it’s not a magic salve you can apply to a process to make it better. If anything, AI – and the related machine learning, robotic process automation...
View ArticleNo excuses left to avoid switching to GSA’s EIS contracts and adopting...
A couple of factors have come together to enable federal agencies to modernize their networks in a major way. One, Congress has appropriated substantial money for information technology modernization...
View Article5G is changing the way the military connects its bases and its people
As 5G begins to roll out in civilian and military spaces, the Defense Department is testing 5G networks at a handful of bases to ensure connectivity and security. Since last year, the Pentagon has had...
View ArticleArmy is testing multiple avenues to implement 5G on bases
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Verizon-Show-Rev-071521.mp3Download audio The Army is embarking on a handful of 5G tests that it hopes will bring the service into the future...
View ArticleTelemedicine with 5G could be a gamechanger for military health
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Verizon-Editorial-full-show-2-072121.mp3Download audio Telehealth became an even bigger industry during COVID-19. Doctors were forces to think...
View ArticleHow to strengthen cyber identities and protect network privileges
End points – smart phones, tablets, notebook PCs, even desktop PCs – form employees’ entry points to networks, applications and data. The rise in remote working and teleworking has made end points...
View ArticleUse the cloud for frictionless identity and access management
Whether it’s zero trust specifically for improving cybersecurity, generally agencies need solid and up-to-date identity and access management systems. So-called IDAM systems should incorporate...
View ArticleTo your DevOps and CloudOps practices, add FinOps
Cloud computing has moved from an idea, to an experiment, to a mainstream practice for federal IT departments and the programs they support. Often, the focus for cloud adoption has landed on the...
View ArticleHow the Army is bouncing its supply chain back from the COVID freeze
The past 18 months have thrown a wrench in many of the military’s plans, but the supply chain took a particularly hard hit. Deacon Maddox, Army Materiel Command director of supply chain management,...
View ArticleCOVID has flipped what government and companies expect from supply and...
The words “supply chain” were barely in the public lexicon 10 years ago. Now it’s a top-of-mind concern for industry and government agencies alike. COVID-19 turned the world on its head, and along with...
View ArticleHow the DLA pivoted to work supply chains during COVID
The Defense Logistics Agency is in charge of moving $40 billion worth of goods around the world per year, but when COVID hit and supply chains started moving in fits and starts, the organization had to...
View ArticleHow the Air Force manages risk in its supply chains
When a part is needed for a plane in the Air Force, it usually comes through the 448th Supply Chain Wing in the Air Force Sustainment Center. Ensuring that all those parts get to their destinations,...
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