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How OMB is moving CIOs from cost center to value add May 18, 2018

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GSA started down the path using the Technology Business Management (TBM) framework more than two years ago. David Shive, the chief information officer for GSA, said he began with TBM for purely selfish reasons.

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U.S. Digital Service helps CMS with ‘novel’ approach to IT modernization May 10, 2018

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Jonathan Sullivan, a digital services expert at the U.S. Digital Service, said modernizing the Quality Payment Program for CMS required a change in approach.

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From 120 hours to 34 minutes, SBA transforms small business application processes May 07, 2018

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The U.S. Digital Service helped SBA modernize the applications to apply for government contracting programs.

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With urgency, VA deploys new capabilities to fix services almost every day Apr 27, 2018

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The Veterans Affairs Department is working on no less than 11 different modernization projects to improve the Vets.gov portal. These include straightforward efforts like getting VA to the cloud and improving procurement of technology. Marvo Dolor, the deputy executive director of digital services at the VA, said one of the more challenging initiatives was to create a single-sign on capability for the Vets.gov portal.

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VA must show sustained progress with cybersecurity for auditors to give their seal of approval Apr 20, 2018

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Dominic Cussatt, VA’s chief information security officer, said VA has addressed several long-standing cyber problems, including the use of two-factor authentication.

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TSA isn’t sweating the new Windows 10 mandate from DHS Apr 13, 2018

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Russell Roberts, the TSA chief information officer, said IT network and hardware upgrades are laying the groundwork for cloud migration.

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Revealing the value of IT investments will help form the path to the cloud Apr 06, 2018

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Steve Grewal, who recently joined Cohesity as its CTO after leaving as the deputy CIO at GSA, said agencies should categorize the apps that can move to the cloud immediately.

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NCI develops a model for the future of scientific computing Mar 29, 2018

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The National Cancer Institute is sharing data and moving applications to the cloud in an effort to make life easier for its employees.

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DoD should heed lessons of MilCloud as it moves out with JEDI Mar 16, 2018

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Alfred Rivera, who retired after serving more than 20 years at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said DoD can’t underestimate the costs and time it takes to migrate to a single cloud foundation.

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