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A draconian legislative proposal in California threatens to undermine the freedom and flexibility of the state to acquire the best technologies available 鈥� many of which are created in California. SB 828, authored by state Sens. Ted Lieu (D) and Joel Anderson (R), proposes the overly restrictive "4th Amendment Protection Act." The bill prohibits companies contracting with federal agencies that collect [...]
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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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As the world鈥檚 security experts, including many U.S. government officials, gather in San Francisco this week to attend the RSA Conference, it鈥檚 an appropriate time to discuss the ways our federal government is working to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to acquisition planning and contract administration. The federal government depends on technology to provide services to citizens [...]
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91pro视频 congratulates today鈥檚 release of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.聽 The process that went into developing this Framework has been a model for how the public and private sectors can work together to serve the national interest. 聽In effect, the U.S. Government leveraged a tremendous amount of stakeholder input in an open, transparent, and collaborative [...]
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As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address tomorrow night, many reporters, political experts, and pundits are whirling about, attempting to predict the substance of the speech. Meanwhile, we here in the tech sector see this speech as a chance to outline an agenda of opportunity 鈥� a chance for policymakers to create economic opportunity for our country. Here are 10 [...]
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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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Yesterday, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees unveiled an omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.聽 Their late nights of negotiations have resulted in a bill that will keep the government operating for the rest of the fiscal year, providing businesses and U.S. citizens with fiscal certainty that essential services and policies will continue apace and without interruption through [...]
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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 [...]
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The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) is one of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa鈥檚 major pieces of legislation this year.聽 The bill is designed to bring greater efficiency and technology into the federal acquisition system, and he should be commended for taking on the daunting task of acquisition reform. Originally introduced earlier [...]
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