Cybersecurity projects are the focus, followed by those modernizing critical systems, providing public-facing digital services and encouraging cross-governmental collaboration with scalable services.

The Office of Management and Budget has 45 days to tell agencies how to accelerate use of electronic signatures, modernize their websites and digitize forms.

Digitizing paper-based workflows eludes some agencies, but alternative PDF-editing tools can offer competitive options to this complex challenge.

Open source solutions are helping agencies stand up new and improved digital services faster and at lower costs.

Adobe's Jace Johnson details the five agencies leading the way meeting the requirements of the 21st Century IDEA.

"It’s time our government agencies adopt the innovative technologies of the 21st Century," Rep. Ro Khanna, who introduced the legislation, said in a statement.