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Design Thinking and DevOps Combine for Better Customer Experience
Applying a modern agile development approach to citizen-government interactions means Digital Services can immediately put tweaks to the test in their development environment.

The ABCs of 2018 Federal IT Modernization: I to Z
Government’s push to IT modernization will impact federal agencies, with the Office of Management and Budget playing a pivotal role.

The ABCs of 2018 Federal IT Modernization: A to H
After years of talking about IT modernization, cyber security and migration to the cloud, federal agencies are now poised to ramp up the action.

Is Identity the New Perimeter? In a Zero-Trust World, More CISOs Think So
The challenge to protecting data and securing access is to develop a schema simple to manage, yet granular enough to work at the speed and scale demanded by government users.
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What's New
Recognizing the Need for Innovation in Acquisition
Many program acquisition officers cite time pressure and lack of bandwith to learn new tools as barriers to innovation. It’s a classic chicken-and-egg problem: How do you find the time to learn and try something new?
Unpleasant Design Could Encourage Better Cyber Hygiene
As the federal government and IT security leaders investigate inadvertent disclosures of fitness and location data, can they employ those same concepts to encourage better cyber behavior?
CDM Program Starts to Tackle Complexities of Cloud
How can federal agencies maintain the same level of data visibility in the cloud as in data in other government systems?
What We’re Reading
Technology for Border and Perimeter Security
Brief synopsis of article: General Dynamics Information Technology’s Robert Gilbert and Peter Howard spoke with Military & Aerospace Electronics about technology being used for border security and R-RVSS usage. (article is on page 10)
A new strategy for the Army’s $28 billion intel-sharing system
U.S. Army leaders hope to proceed with the project by better incorporating commercial off-the-shelf capabilities and agile processes.
Among Pentagon’s New Year’s resolutions: more cyber
Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says cybersecurity will be a broad focus area for the Pentagon in 2018.
Health data management trends to watch for in 2018
According to AHIMA, informatics, data analysis, CDI and information governance are some of the dominant health data management trends for this year.
DOD’s Shanahan to DCMO: establish a cloud-computing program
Phase one of DOD’s cloud adoption directive will “leverage cloud technology to strengthen and streamline commercial operations within the department.”
HHS seeks a single framework solution
According to HHS, such a final framework will support goals of allowing patients to access their own information, health providers and others to receive population-level health data trends and innovative new programs for increase usability.
Study: Cybercriminals eyeing smaller providers and Health IoT in 2018
There were a total of 140 hacking-related data breaches reported lasts year to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights — a 24 percent increase over 2016’s 113 breaches.
Zielinski eyes the evolution of IT modernization in 2018
New GSA IT Office Deputy Assistant Commissioner and IT Category Manager Bill Zielinski talks about government IT Modernization strategy.
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