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It’s two steps forward, one step back for state government IT

The pandemic and advancements in tech are affording states new opportunities — and presenting challenges — state IT leaders said during an online event.

Jun 23, 2021 By Colin Wood

200813-N-WF272-1055 PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 13, 2020) Chief Navy Counselor John MacPherson, from Parish, N.Y., Navy Talent Acquisition Group Philadelphia command trainer, conducts virtual recruiter development boards, subscribing to a teleworking directive as COVID-19 preventative measures. NTAG Philadelphia encompasses regions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia, providing recruiting services from more than 30 talent acquisition sites with the overall goal of attracting the highest quality candidates to ensure the ongoing success of America’s Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Diana Quinlan/Released)

Where DOD’s telework goes from here

Launching Commercial Virtual Remote in a matter of weeks was one of the largest technology lifts the DOD has ever undertaken — but it is just the…

Mar 16, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

201030-N-RG171-0168 NAVAL STATION ROTA (OCT. 30, 2020) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) man the rails as the ship departs Naval Station Rota, Oct. 30, 2020. Donald Cook, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, begins its 11th patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Will Hardy/Released)

The Navy seeks to integrate all telework capabilities in long-term solution

The Navy is thinking big on its future telework suite, using more time to develop a broader set of tools that will be more integrated.

Nov 4, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Tech upgrades could save Chicago millions, a working group found

One estimate shows savings of more than $225 million if the city government moves its legacy IT systems to cloud-based storage and management systems.

Jul 31, 2020 By Ryan Johnston

Dana Deasy, DOD Chief Information Officer, hosts a roundtable discussion on the enterprise cloud initiative with reporters, Aug. 9, 2019, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Carroll)

DOD working to expand telework to support classified information

The DOD wants its teleworking platform to handle classified information as it looks to keep remote work a reality for the long-term.

Jul 30, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Air Force wants to reserve its cyber experts for big jobs while AI plays defense

The Air Force sees defensive cyber measures as the best place to start when it comes to using artificial intelligence.

Jun 24, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Labor Department lends a hand with states’ overwhelmed unemployment systems

The Department of Labor and other federal partners have formed a "response team" to help with overwhelmed state unemployment systems, CIO Gundeep Ahluwalia told FedScoop in an…

May 7, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

For federal CIOs, telework boom shows how existing IT investments pay off in new ways

It's no secret: IT modernization investments are paying off in a big way, say tech leaders at federal agencies.

Apr 22, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

AI needs humans ‘on the loop’ not ‘in the loop’ for nuke detection, general says

“What we have to get away from is ... 'human in the loop,' or sometimes 'the human is the loop,'” said Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy.

Feb 14, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan addresses the media during a press conference about trade and travel matters at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, Feb. 13, 2018. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo

DHS cloud migration faced initial training hurdle

The department is more concerned with security, network monitoring and application management than it is with which cloud it uses, said the Information Sharing & Services Office's…

Sep 17, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir