VA officially signs contract for new electronic health record system

The deal with Cerner is worth up to $10 billion over 10 years. The goal is "to do right by both Veterans and taxpayers," acting Secretary Robert Wilkie said.

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Pentagon considers continuous bug bounties that could test sensitive, private systems

by Billy Mitchell | MAY 21, 2018

"Assets could include closed networks, software-embedded devices, proprietary source code, or other private or internal systems not generally...

Acquisition

Agencies slide in new FITARA scorecard

by Carten Cordell | MAY 21, 2018

The new FITARA scorecard shows that most federal agencies backslid in their implementation of the IT acquisition law, even ones that shined...

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In the face of mounting debt, it’s time to make data center consolidation a priority

by Gregory J. Touhill | MAY 21, 2018

Instead of investing in data center consolidation, agencies continue to spend billions of dollars managing and operating rapidly aging infrastructure....

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GSA plots course for $2.5B modernized federal payroll system

by Carten Cordell | MAY 21, 2018

The agency is soliciting information for commercial SaaS payroll solutions to use in its potential $2.5 billion initiative called NewPay.

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Accelerating Innovation in Government — DOD’s Tim Hoyt

by FedScoop Staff | MAY 1, 2018

Hoyt discusses mobile innovation and more.

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DHS’s West to retire at the end of May

by Carten Cordell | MAY 21, 2018

DHS officials confirmed that Barry West, deputy CIO and senior accountable official for risk management, will retire from the department on May 31.

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What will it take to get quantum computers? Hardware is just the beginning, experts tell...

by Carten Cordell | MAY 18, 2018

Talent and international cooperation are part of the equation, academics tell the House Energy and Commerce Committee.