Owen Barwell points out something that, when you think about it, sums up many of the government’s financial and programmatic challenges. “We understand the budget of everything, but the cost of nothing,” Barwell said. With agencies coping with innovating under non-growing IT budgets, cost understanding is critically important. As the acting chief financial officer of ...
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Federal CIOs are beginning to think creatively about how to use cloud computing. At the same time, many of them are no longer viewing cloud computing as a major driver of cost savings, but more one of cost avoidance. Cost avoidance has its own virtue, magnified when budgets have stopped growing, as they have for ...
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We now know how federal CIOs are expected to come up with future savings. The Office of Management and Budget has released its promised strategy for shared services. To begin at the conclusion, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel has given CIOs an enormous assignment in a strategy that promises to change the IT landscape in a ...
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Of all the requests for information coming out lately, to me one of the most interesting is from the Defense Information Systems Agency. Go here to download the draft document describing what DISA is up to and what it wants from industry. Dubbed the Global Network Services Capability Needs Document, the draft RFI, DISA points ...
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A true “duh, why didn’t I think of that before” move occurred this week. Without the requirement of any enabling legislation, a few of the Obama administration tech whiz kids got together to form a council of federal CTOS - chief technology officers. I mention enabling legislation because the pattern for the CTO Council, the CIO ...
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In FedInsider #98, I wrote 2012 would be the year of cybersecurity. It looked as if Congress would finally pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation so agencies and the federal IT market could establish a more definitive path. I may have spoken too soon. A fast review: In Congress’ last session and the one before that, multiple ...
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I’m only a couple of months into my own iPhone phenom, but I’ve downloaded about 25 apps so far. The fun thing about such devices is how far you can personalize them, yet when you hand it to someone at a party they know exactly how to take a picture with it. I’d noticed that ...
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Who pays for employees’ devices in bring-your-own-device to work setups? BYOD might be the last frontier in the journey from mainframe computing, in which only standardized terminals could even be connected. For the last couple of years, federal CIOs have recognized the possibilities and perils of this setup. Back when he was federal CIO, Vivek ...
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The full text, as recieved from a source at GSA. From: GSAAdministrator@gsa.gov <GSAAdministrator@gsa.gov> Date: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:03 PM Subject: Memorandum: Restrictions on Travel and Conferences for FY 2012 To: April 15, 2012 Memorandum for All Employees From: Dan Tangherlini, Acting Administrator Subject: Restrictions on Travel and Conferences for FY 2012 Travel and ...
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