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How digital engineering models are driving DOD IT development

A new report highlights how model-based system engineering and ‘digital twinning’ are helping defense officials make smarter design decisions faster and with less risk.

Jan 12, 2023 By FedScoop Staff

paperwork, files, documents, medical records, digitization backlog — (Getty Images)

NARA awards $65.7M contract for continued improvement of electronic records system

Digital services firm Fearless will will maintain and improve NARA's suite of Electronic Records Archives 2.0 applications.

Nov 7, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Exterior entrance of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. (Image Credit: U.S. Chamber of Commerce).

Paper forms cost government $38.7B annually says US Chamber of Commerce

The organization finds federal agencies processed 9,858 unique forms and more than 106 billion total between September 2021 and August 2022.

Oct 17, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

TMF invests more than $20.8M in 3 agencies’ cyber and CX projects

OPM, HUD and the Army are the latest recipients of funding that will modernize IT systems and move them toward zero-trust security architectures.

Oct 6, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Clare Martorana. Image Credit: The White House.

Clare Martorana says FITARA scorecard should retain CIO reporting relationship metric

The scorecard currently includes a "CIO direct reporting" component, which assesses how much real authority each agency gives to their top IT leader.

Sep 16, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building houses the offices of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the United States Sentencing Commission, and the Office of the Clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / D Ramey Logan)

Administrative Office of US Courts awards $298M app development contract to GDIT

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts plans to upgrade its systems with a $298 million application development contract awarded to General Dynamics IT.

Sep 6, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

NASA offers more details on $2B IT contract for all its centers

The contract consists of firm, fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee elements and indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task orders.

Sep 6, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Lauren Knausenberger, Air Force chief information officer, receives a mission brief from the 2nd Communications Squadron during an official visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 16, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob B. Wrightsman)

Air Force CIO releases IT strategy to run through fiscal 2028

A final version of the strategy should be issued in the coming days, said CIO Lauren Knausenberger.

Aug 30, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. at an Oversight and Government Reform hearing in 2014.

Rep. Connolly launches bid for House Oversight Committee leadership

He is the first lawmaker to announce their candidacy for the soon-to-be-vacant ranking Democrat position.

Aug 24, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

USDS Chief Delivery Officer Ankit Mathur speaks with FedScoop and DefenseScoop Editor-in-Chief Billy Mitchell at FedTalks on Aug. 24 2022. (Image credit: Pepe Gomez / Pixelme Studio).

USDS official says federal agencies uniquely positioned to attract tech talent amid labor market turmoil

Ankit Mathur calls on agencies to show prospective employees progress made with specific tools and projects.

Aug 24, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

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