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OPM setting the foundation for security clearance, retirement system modernizations Sep 08, 2017

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Dave DeVries retired after 35 years in government including the last year as the chief information officer at OPM.

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Moving to the cloud requires training the workforce first, foremost Aug 31, 2017

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The University of Maryland University College is trying to fill a void by offering a new Masters program in cloud architecture and management

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How one small agency is cutting its IT spending Aug 25, 2017

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Vincent Groh, the CIO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said by moving to the cloud he cut MCC's spending on data centers by half.

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Navy's integration of privacy, cybersecurity part of Fosters lasting impact Aug 17, 2017

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The Department of Navy is a much different place than when Rob Foster arrived two years ago. Now as Foster, the DoN chief information officer, heads to a new job in government, he said the Department of Navy is well positioned to ride the technology wave for its sailors, seamen and civilian employees to be successful.

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Dev/ops helping two agencies take on complex IT modernization efforts Aug 04, 2017

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and the Federal Communications Commission are further along with using dev/ops to modernize applications in the cloud.

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FDA combining agile, cloud to create microservices framework Jul 27, 2017

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Todd Simpson, the chief information officer at the Food and Drug Administration, said its cloud advisory board and innovation lab work together to bring new capabilities to bear while also reducing costs and duplication.

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FAA saved $36M through shared services, reinvested into new IT Jul 21, 2017

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Sean Torpey, the acting deputy assistant administrator for Information and Technology and acting chief information officer for the FAA, said the agency is swinging the spending pendulum from legacy IT to newer systems.

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DHS's 72-hour marathon to keep agencies, industry safe from WannaCry Jun 29, 2017

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Jeanette Manfra, the acting undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Homeland Security Department, offered an in-depth look into the steps DHS and the government took to keep federal agencies safe from WannaCry.

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How one agency is getting rid of passwords through the cloud Jun 22, 2017

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Greg Hall, the assistant director and chief information security officer in the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in the Justice Department, said the office hired Okta to provide a cloud service to federate its identity management capabilities.

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How the Air Force is bending the IT cost curve to save half a billion dollars May 11, 2017

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Butch Luckie, the Air Forces chief of IT business analytics, tells Federal News Radio's Jason Miller on Ask the CIO the service is doing a better job capturing software and hardware asset data to help make better buying decisions.

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