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November 13, 2020 Over the past few years, federal agencies have become more and more comfortable with Agile development methodology and related DevOps practices. Adopting these ideas means that the developers improve software incrementally and continuously, rather than offering major updates only occasionally...

November 4, 2020 IT ecosystems are becoming ever more complex, and technological approaches are diversifying to match them. We now live in an era in which solving one need can spawn half a dozen more. As a result, acquiring, deploying and modernizing technology...

November 3, 2020 Government isn't a business. However, there are some commercial best practices that can make it easier for agencies to meet their goals.

November 2, 2020 Budgeting seems like a straightforward task based on objective facts and figures, but in reality, impromptu conversation, informal meetings and face-to-face interactions influence choices.

October 26, 2020 One of my colleagues recently wrote a thought-provoking piece making the connection between the U.S. Constitution and Agile methodology. As a bit of a history buff myself, it got me thinking about the language used in our founding documents: in...

October 23, 2020 In the shifting world of federal IT, complicated recently by the global pandemic, federal agency IT shops are pressed to re-imagine processes and methodologies to maintain the performance standards of in-person operations and then to improve service delivery. For decades...

October 22, 2020 This month marks the 17th Annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with the theme: “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.” It’s a good time to take a step back to assess your organization’s cybersecurity posture. Many discussions of cybersecurity center around three pillars...