The federal belt-tightening promised for 2012 will start shortly, meaning government agencies are already scrambling to find ways to squeeze the most from existing IT investments while meeting mandates to move to cloud and mobile computing. Decreased funding for federal IT will force federal employees, contractors and partners to find more efficien... read more...
The winter holidays are here, but so is that winter weather. The Northeast is still reeling from the October storm that closed down some roads, businesses and schools for over a week. Folks in the D.C. area can relate, living through the “snowpocalypse” of 2010. The White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has responded by issui... read more...
Veteran’s Day offers a profound reminder that when it comes to our men and women in uniform, keeping spirits up at home and abroad is essential for success. That’s why the work of the USO of Metropolitan Washington (USO-Metro) and its partners is so important. For partners, the mission means supporting morale as well as providing produc... read more...
The clock is ticking. It’s been five months since President Obama released his Executive Order on “Streamlining Service Deliver and Improving Customer Service”, and federal agencies now have about a month to comply. So what does compliance mean? It means delivering public services more efficiently, which is why most federal worker... read more...
Starting today, federal agencies will have access to a powerful new set of enterprise class cloud-services that deliver e-mail, collaboration and communication capabilities to agency information workers on the device of their choice, using familiar Microsoft Office Applications and their web-enabled companions that enable new levels of remote produ... read more...
The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, which President Obama signed into law last December, gave federal agencies 180 days to start implementing many new telework-enabling measures. With seven weeks left until the June 9 deadline, agencies are working fast to overcome hurdles to implementation. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is coordinatin... read more...
Security is more like a marathon than a sprint. It takes time, planning, and strategy. It requires ongoing diligence and the flexibility to evolve to meet new challenges. As cloud computing continues to gain traction across government, it’s the responsibility of cloud providers to deliver the same levels of security that agencies ... read more...
“The future is ours to win. But to get there, we can't just stand still. As Robert Kennedy told us, ‘The future is not a gift. It is an achievement.’ Sustaining the American Dream has never been about standing pat. It has required each generation to sacrifice, and struggle, and meet the demands of a new age. And now it's our turn. We ... read more...
Will the transition to a new Federal CIO hinder federal cloud computing deployment?