Identity corroboration methods key to reducing fraud, report says

Vendors have until April 29 to vie for the Architecture, Engineering, and Advisory Support single-award task order, while a second procurement for the CIO Modernization and Enterprise Transformation initiative remains in the works.

But don't expect decisions on who receives or loses their federal clearance to be made by machines, said the head of the National Background Investigation Service.

Underscoring the need to modernize IRS's IT is also a critical need to hire tech and cybersecurity specialists.

The VA will move hundreds and hundreds of apps to the cloud in the next five years, and that's just half of its portfolio.

OPM is looking into possibly acquiring natural language processing technology "to gain insights into statutory and regulatory text to support policy analysis."

Shared services can save money, but good implementation and governance are key.

Some agencies have delayed their move to EIS, saying they're hesitant to do so until TIC 3.0 final policy is issued.

The news comes less than a month after the acting assistant commissioner of GSA's Office of Information Technology advised agencies "to keep their foot on the gas" transitioning to the $50 billion contract.

In this blog post, Jennifer Ward, Sr. Director, Solutions Engineering at Salesforce, talks about what it takes to increase the pace of innovation in the federal government, while also reducing IT maintenance debt.

Homeland Security also employed a new bid process to select the winner, an IT modernization firm.