The report's top recommendation is to create a comprehensive special pay system for IT jobs across government.

The bill by Reps. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., would create a scholarship pool for students to receive tuition assistance in exchange for service in the DOD as tech specialists.

The group will train Veterans Health Administration employees on "new ways to use innovation and creativity within VA."

The Office of Management and Budget would ensure the training if a new House bill becomes law.

Dcode started as a tech accelerator helping companies do business with government. "But we realized we were only solving half the problem," said its CEO.

The department is more concerned with security, network monitoring and application management than it is with which cloud it uses, said the Information Sharing & Services Office's executive director.