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CBP turns inward to modernize IT infrastructure
Charlie Armstrong, the agency's assistant commissioner for the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer, said a new cloud initiative is the target environment for mission support systems. CBP recently moved all of its employees to email-in-the-cloud.
January 3, 2013
Tags: technology , Charlie Armstrong , DHS , CBP , mobile computing , Jason Miller
Energy modernizing IT in layers with mobile at the top
Bob Brese, the agency's CIO, said cloud service and security operations center will help make the move to smartphones and tablet computers easier.
December 20, 2012 (Encore presentation January 31, 2013)
Tags: technology , Bob Brese , Energy Department , cloud computing , mobile computing , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
Army 'to paint a picture' of force readiness for commanders
Lt. Col. Bobby Saxon, the division chief for the Army Enterprise Management Decision Support system, said a new dashboard will present data in a more user-friendly way for senior leaders to make decisions about warfighters.
December 13, 2012
Tags: technology , Bobby Saxon , Army , Enterprise Management Decision Support , force readiness , workforce , data management , Oracle , Jason Miller
Budget pressures force EEOC to shift gears
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needed to find savings after its IT budget received a 15 percent reduction in 2012. Kim Hancher, the EEOC CIO, decided to reduce spending on mobile devices and instituted a BYOD policy to cut spending by almost 50 percent.
December 6, 2012
Tags: technology , Kim Hancher , EEOC , mobile computing , Gov 3.0: Its Mobile , Bring your own device , Jason Miller
New contracts set EPA's roadmap toward IT centralization
Malcolm Jackson, the agency's CIO, said two new contracts for IT hardware and email will begin to transform the way EPA buys and uses technology.
November 29, 2012
Tags: technology , Malcolm Jackson , EPA , cloud computing , strategic sourcing , shared services , Interior Department , Jason Miller
Baitman starts HHS commodity consolidation effort with HR systems
Frank Baitman, the HHS chief information officer, said the agency will move its HR systems to a shared services provider in the coming year. He said HHS also will issue a solicitation for cloud services in 2013.
November 15, 2012
Tags: technology , Frank Baitman , HHS , PortfolioStat , cloud computing , Yammer , collaboration , shared services , vendor management organizations , Jason Miller ,
New standards to tame how the Air Force develops IT systems
Lt. Gen. Michael Basla, the Air Force CIO, said the three baselines will be delivered to the acquirers in the functional areas who operate the systems. They will use them to understand the IT environment in which their capabilities will exist.(Encore presentation November 8, 2012)
Tags: Michael Basla , Air Force , Jason Miller , technology , AFNet migration , budget , cloud computing
Army's ‘link to industry' keys move to Joint Information Environment
Terry Edwards, the director of the Office of the Chief Systems Engineer and chief information officer for the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, said his office helps acquire technology and ensure standards are met.
November 1, 2012(Encore presentation December 27, 2012)
Tags: technology , Terry Edwards , Army , Joint Information Environment , enterprise services , cloud computing , data center consolidation , standards , Jason Miller
DHS broadens public-private efforts to combat cyber risks
Mark Weatherford, DHS deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity, discusses how the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center is at the core of an effort to bring government and industry closer together to respond to threats against critical infrastructure.
October 25, 2012
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Rising , Mark Weatherford , DHS , critical infrastructure , information sharing , Jason Miller
Affordable Care Act gives CMS shared services a shot in the arm
Agency CIO Tony Trenkle said CMS is building the foundation for four enterprisewide applications, including identity management and an enterprise portal.
October 18, 2012
Tags: technology , CMS , Tony Trenkle , HHS , Affordable Care Act , shared services , identity management , Jason Miller
