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Federal Government

Department Spotlight: Commerce

June 8th, 2015

Our spotlight series continues with our look at what news is coming out of the Department of Commerce. Commerce, by virtue of the agencies housed under it, has a tremendous amount of data relevant to the U.S. public at large. In fact, Commerce entities rank in the top four or five on the top 10 list of web traffic.

Tagged 2020 Census, Cloud, Department of Commerce, NIST, NOAA

Federal Government

Department Spotlight: DHS

May 28th, 2015

Next in our spotlight series is a look at recent news concerning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). After facing a potential shut down earlier this year, DHS has come out of crisis mode with an eye on the future. Looking at recent news from the IT shops across DHS, innovation seems to be a connecting theme.

Tagged Big Data, Government Big Data, Government Cybersecurity, Mobile Government

Federal Government

Department Spotlight: DoD

May 22nd, 2015

This post marks the first in a series that will take a look at the IT priorities of specific federal agencies and departments. What better way to start than with the biggest department of them all – the Department of Defense? While we can’t cover everything going on within the department, we did want to highlight some initiatives that have made the news recently.

Tagged Army, BYOD, DoD, Government Cybersecurity, Pentagon

Federal Government, Open Source

Report Uncovers Biggest Opportunities for Digital Government Innovation

May 21st, 2015

Often we’re our own worst critics. Perhaps that’s why a survey of federal leaders benchmarking progress on fulfilling the Digital Government Strategy resulted in a C+ average. The survey, commissioned by Acquia and conducted by the Government Business Council, identified some of the key challenges to seizing the opportunities that digital offers federal government agencies to better serve both internal and external customers.

Tagged Acquia, Digital Strategy, Open Government, Open Source

Federal Government

Modernizing Forms in the Demanding Digital World

May 19th, 2015

Today, citizens demand government websites offer the same convenience that banks and retailers provide – online forms that can be filled out and submitted on any device, anywhere, and at any time.

Tagged Adobe, Forms, Government Technology

Federal Government, State and Local Government

Government Employees Can Dream Too

May 8th, 2015

President Reagan once stated, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." But, as a former federal employee I can attest that the phrase, many times, worked the other way around – where we were those in need of support.

Tagged Adobe, Adobe Creative cloud, Digital Strategy, Marines, Social Media

Federal Government

CIO Council Announces IT Solution Challenge Teams

April 23rd, 2015

The CIO Council, the principal interagency forum on federal agency best practices for IT management, recently announced the formation of six challenge teams who will work in the coming months to develop solutions for some of the biggest federal IT obstacles.

Tagged CIO, CIO Council, Government Technology

Federal Government

Community Q&A: Congressman Gerry Connolly

April 8th, 2015

Today we're introducing a new series here on the Community site - the Community Q&A. For these features, we'll talk to leaders in the Federal IT community to get their thoughts on the technology and market trends affecting the roll out of new solutions across government.