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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Acquisition

PMA’s plans to modernize IT, workforce rebuffed by House Democrats

by Carten Cordell | MAY 17, 2018

The White House’s plan to transform the government’s IT infrastructure, workforce and data management is facing a familiar foe: entrenched...

Tech

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.

Tech

How the SBA digital service team rebuilt sba.gov

by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier | MAY 18, 2018

What it takes to upgrade a website from "the Wild West," to a "working, modern website."

Defense

New DOD CIO Dana Deasy: ‘Cloud is a brilliant opportunity to re-engineer’

by Billy Mitchell | MAY 18, 2018

Deasy called cloud "the most phenomenal opportunity I think we've ever experienced as technical folks to be able to look at your legacy estate and say...

FedScoop TV

Accelerating Innovation in Government — DOD’s Tim Hoyt

by FedScoop Staff | MAY 1, 2018

Hoyt discusses mobile innovation and more.

Tech

ODNI’s Sue Gordon: We must all be technologists

by Carten Cordell | MAY 17, 2018

In an age of complex and dynamic problems for the intelligence community, "those who cannot lead in technology will not be great leaders,” the...

Tech

Got a constituent question? This congressman wants a text

by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier | MAY 17, 2018

Rep. Rick Crawford's office is testing a new prototype tool developed by the OpenGov Foundation.