Archives: Abigail Blue

• Workforce

In the process of IT modernization, getting rid of tech debt could lead to an improved cybersecurity landscape that would help federal agencies better fulfill their mission needs.

• Cloud
• Data

As data becomes increasingly valuable, federal agencies are prioritizing data but struggling to manage it.

• Cloud

The United States Marshals Service is seeing great return on its investment for modernizing various technology systems with an agile framework and a user-centered approach, according to CIO Karl Mathias.

The Section 809 Panel, which was created in Section 809 of the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, concluded its two-year term last month, but an industry desire for change in procurement and acquisitions had begun long prior to the panel’s inaugural meeting.

• Cybersecurity

Federal agencies are taking cues from industry for some of their most pressing cybersecurity challenges.

Computed tomography scanners, which have been used for years in scanning checked luggage at airports, are now being piloted at airport checkpoints for carry-on bags.

• Cybersecurity

Perspectives from federal agencies that secure some of America’s most high-value assets revealed that although agencies may agree on methods or best practices for dealing with cybersecurity threats, their approaches are not all that similar.

Approximately 450,000 background investigations in inventory at National Background Investigations Bureau.

• Workforce

Navy’s top acquisition executive highlights the service’s procurement improvements to keep pace with the speed of technology.