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A new report that aims to map the federal web universe reveals a sprawling collection of .gov websites, but Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel says it presents a chance to find Read more...

Federal agencies should take a portfolio management approach to financial management system modernization in which components that make up the totality of financial systems operate together even Read more...

HOT SPRINGS, Va. - A shift from waterfall acquisition to more agile, modular strategies continues to be discussed and encouraged governmentwide. But in federal information technology, governance of Read more...

The confusion surrounding how federal agencies should archive social media records is, believe it or not, not entirely a bad thing. It means that innovation is outpacing regulation, which is what Read more...

The Office of Management and Budget's "myth-busting" campaign to address misconceptions in federal procurement policy is underway, but Dan Gordon, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Read more...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The government could rate software manufacturers according to their supply chain practices when considering which applications to buy, said a Homeland Security Department official Read more...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Data transparency continues to be a major focus across government, as agencies open data and leverage third-party developers to create applications. But according to panelists Read more...

A few months after being urged to embrace open source for its electronic health record system by an industry group, the Veterans Affairs Department says it's investigating the possibility. The Read more...

A federal government more responsive to citizens would embrace cloud computing as an enabling technology, says a newly-available white paper from the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Read more...

Replacing the Veterans Affairs Department's electronic health record system with an open source system would allow the agency to innovate quicker and reduce costs, according to a May 6 report from an Read more...