OBBBA’s implications on the SLED IT Market
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA), enacted on July 4, 2025, is a significant piece of legislation outlining President Trump's executive agenda and guiding future U.S. tax and spending policies.
Modern Solutions for Public Works: Tackling Wastewater Overflows With Smart Technology
Numerous cities in the United States struggle with wastewater issues. Many cities’ systems are designed to accommodate smaller populations, and historical rainfall patterns are increasingly prone to causing overflows – where wastewater spills into drinking water sources, streets and homes. And many cities utilize mostly combined wastewater systems where wastewater and rainwater both drain through the same infrastructure, creating increased stress on city systems during storms.
Why Government CIOs Need to Rethink Their Tech Procurement Strategy
As government agencies and organizations look to modernize their technology stacks to keep up with changes in the workforce, aging solutions, and closing contracts, they’ll all set out with a similar process: submit an RFP, review submissions, and choose a vendor. Seems simple enough.
But what government CIOs often don’t realize is that requiring proven, specific use cases may be limiting what their new (and likely expensive) technology investment can do for their organization. Here’s what I mean.
All Roads Lead to Federal Zero Trust
Over the last few years, the federal government has begun to embrace a zero trust approach as the new cybersecurity standard for agencies. Utilizing the latest solutions and best practices, the hope is to bolster federal cybersecurity and create a robust and resilient IT infrastructure that can protect and secure networks from attacks and breaches.
Microsoft’s Federal Security CTO on the Impact of OMB’s Zero Trust Strategy
Last January, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released M-22-09, a memorandum that set forth the federal government strategy on zero trust adoption, in an effort to reinforce the security and protection of government agencies’ critical systems, networks, and IT infrastructures.
Federal IT Modernization Post-COVID: The Key to Speed is Low-Code - Part 1
In the post-COVID world, the federal government spends about three-fourths of its technology budget maintaining aging computer systems including platforms more than 50 years old and even some that use floppy disks, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.
What’s Next for Cloud in 2022 (and How Can You Prep for It?
What’s next for cloud in 2022 (and how can you prep for it?)
There were so many noteworthy AWS re:Invent 2021 announcements out of this year’s big Amazon Web Services (AWS) conference. But what will that news mean for the year in cloud ahead? And how can learners and businesses prepare for the opportunities these will create?
Tech Transforms podcast: Web 3.0, Gamification, CIA Innovation, Getting Ahead of the Adversary
On the Tech Transforms podcast, sponsored by Dynatrace, we have talked to some of the most prominent influencers shaping critical government technology decisions. From supply chain to machine learning, this podcast explores the way technology advancement intersects with human needs.
In March 2022, we sat down with these government technology visionaries:
TMF Funding Provides Opportunities for Cybersecurity Investment
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) recently received a much-needed influx of funds, bringing its total to $1 billion. This money is a small part of the funding for technology upgrades in the government, and a very small part of the overall COVID relief bill of which it was a component. The bill does not indicate how the money is to be spent but for most observers modernization is almost equivalent to cloud adoption, with cybersecurity a close second. While most observers accept that the U.S.
Transforming Federal Procure-To-Pay Processes With Proven Automation Solutions
Blog originally posted by Federal News Network here.