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Seven months ago, my colleagues and I joined 91pro视频 to create a new division called the IT Alliance for Public Sector, or ITAPS as we are commonly known.聽 This week, leaders from across the industry in both the federal and state, local, and education markets participated in our inaugural executive council meetings to discuss our goals and focus for the future. These meetings were an opportunity to look [...]
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While the president鈥檚 proposed fiscal year 2015 (FY15) budget takes no dramatic turns for federal IT policy, we here at the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) think that it does usher the government toward a matured plan to increase efficiency and productivity using today鈥檚 most innovative technologies. While many of the IT priorities can be gleaned from the summary below, it is important that the [...]
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Many around Washington have started the dialogue on acquisition reform as the solution to a decades鈥� long government challenge to leverage the power and efficiency of technology. The White House, Congress, and the Department of Defense have dedicated resources to making acquisition reform a priority in 2014. However, it is important to keep in mind that troubled IT program rollouts, like Healthcare.gov, [...]
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There has been a lot of debate in the media recently about who or what is to blame for the Healthcare.gov failure. The saying 鈥渟uccess has many fathers, but failure is an orphan鈥� comes to mind. Practically everyone in government and the private sector with a role in Healthcare.gov has been under the media鈥檚 microscope. 聽The media鈥檚 finger-pointing aside, the fact is that no one individual or office [...]