FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Office of Management and Budget Memo M-22-09 requires them to meet zero-trust objectives by the end of fiscal year 2024. “Because if you tried to do it sequentially — maybe networks first, then data, then identity — it would take too much time.” And for federal civilian agencies, the clock is ticking. That includes…

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Super Library Marketing

MARCH 11, 2024

” “One relationship I have with a local magazine was the result of a media kit I sent to our local partners and media outlets about a big event a few years back. The magazine owner liked it so much that she sent an email about it to my library director who then arranged a meeting for us. “I ” P.S.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Both the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, and the Office of Management and Budget released guidance in recent weeks on steps the government can take, or has already taken, to accelerate adoption of these capabilities. FedRAMP issued draft guidance on Jan. 26 establishing a framework for prioritizing…

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Agencies must contend with budget constraints, organizational complexity and staffing issues when looking to modernize IT systems. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers lists both legacy modernization and IT consolidation/optimization among state CIOs’ top 10 priorities for this year.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to bring employees back to the office post-pandemic in… A recent Government Accountability Office report highlights both the continuing benefits of telework and the challenges that agencies face, plus best practices that they should follow as they continue to adapt how they operate.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I don’t have the budget that industry has. Kevin Kennedy, commander of Air Force Cyber. Unless it’s an offensive capability — offensive cyber would be the example for us — it’s unlikely we’re the innovators. I want to be an early adopter.” Intelligence…

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget signaled a tipping point in the government’s embrace of artificial intelligence when it recently issued guidance to agencies on use of the emerging technology.

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Super Library Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

” “We hired Andrew Klein to oversee the robust work that department does, as well as to lead the revamp of our Compass magazine. Over the past 4 years, we’ve expanded to a 24-page magazine that tells the library’s story. The studio was reorganized into a new marketing department.”

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

IT spending represents a significant part of the budget for many government agencies. Technology is no longer just a tool for driving efficiency; rather, it can help state and local agencies create value and improve citizen services.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Agencies looking to establish hybrid data centers need comprehensive security strategies that set realistic time frames and are mapped to their respective budgets. These strategies should identify desired security tools and practices such as cloud environments and ways to continuously monitor them.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget has issued official guidelines on how agencies are to meet new requirements to improve the digital experience for federal employees and citizens alike. To meet DX goals, however, partnerships with industry are essential.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

The National Archives and Records Administration and the Office of Management and Budget jointly set a deadline of June 30, 2024, for all federal agencies to manage all permanent records in an electronic format. While some agencies are…

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In some cases, strengthened budgets have produced fresh opportunities, and officials across the country are pushing tech projects to improve the lives of their constituents. As state and local IT officials emerge from the difficult terrain of the past few years, they are looking forward with renewed optimism.

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While many BaaS providers offer to securely back up agencies’ data and apps in the cloud and let them pay for storage, agencies must be mindful of their budgets as well. Agencies must prioritize implementing Backup as a Service more efficiently in order to realize the full data storage and access benefits. But that’s still not enough.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 1, 2023

Clark previously served as state chief security officer, rising through the ranks of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget since joining in 2001. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Laura Clark as state CIO in October 2021.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

These attacks impact the security of sensitive data and can also cost millions of dollars — at a time when states and cities are already facing tight budgets. Since last year, cyberattacks against local governments increased by 70 percent. One ransomware attack on Baltimore, Md., last year reportedly cost at least $18 million.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

A 2019 Office of Management and Budget governmentwide analysis of app maintenance found that 10 particularly large apps required about $340 million annually to remain operational. Agencies that attempt a simple lift and shift may find themselves moving apps back on-premises, due to a lack of performance improvements or cost savings.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience,” the guidance released by the Office of Management and Budget, serves as a framework for agencies, offering actions and standards for modernizing websites and other digital services.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

is expected to be released by the Office of Management and Budget for… The Pentagon enacted CMMC in November 2020 to ensure that contractors’ cyber hygiene was good enough to do business with the government.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

But ChatGPT took the department “by storm” when vendors started using it to score higher reviews and secure grant funding, said Andrea Brandon, deputy assistant secretary of budget, finance, grants and acquisition for the department. Generative AI describes deep learning…

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

As CIO, Clark works as a government official in the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Speaking Monday at the midyear conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, Michigan CIO Laura Clark shared the three primary ways that her state funds IT projects.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

27 release of draft FedRAMP guidance from the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program will evolve to keep pace with technology, according to an Oct.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

However, agencies need buy-in, budget and strategic planning to make their city visions come together. To meet constituents where they were, state and local governments needed to modernize citizen resources and services quickly and accept emerging technologies.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With smaller technology teams and modest budgets, state and local governments face a never-ending battle when it comes to IT modernization. According to NASCIO, legacy modernization is a top priority for state IT leaders in 2023, trailing only concerns about cybersecurity, digital government and the workforce.

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GovLoop

JULY 18, 2023

We had four keynote speakers and twenty training sessions based on a $40,000 budget. Three months before the event, the budget was cut to $10,000. In projects, “breathing” can be whatever stops the flow of resources to the project. I worked on a project to put on a training event. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Super Library Marketing

APRIL 8, 2024

Even on a tight marketing budget, the expense was worth it.” They did a parody of a Hollywood Reporter magazine cover featuring the Kardashian clan at the height of their Keeping Up with the Kardashians fame. That equates to roughly $200 per month in advertising spread across our community for a full year.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In current dollars, he’d be The Forty Million Dollar Man — a solid chunk of the $65 billion requested for civilian IT spending in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget — but he’d still be a federal employee who was able to do his job better and faster with the help of modern technology.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.” ," illustrates those ideas--record stores, clubs, artists living there, record labels, the KEXP-FM rock radio station, practice spaces, recording studios, music education programs in Seattle Public Schools, etc.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Image of Downtown Boise from Budget Travel Magazine. For example, a few months ago we were in Boise, Idaho, which is somewhat larger in population, and it felt more vibrant downtown, because the blocks are closer together and the streets aren't nearly as wide. Setting up for the Latino Festival in Downtown Logan.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

With an annual budget exceeding $7 billion, the NCI funds investigative work in everything from cancer genomics to the disease’s detection, diagnosis and treatment. When it comes to cancer research in the United States, no federal agency does more than the National Cancer Institute.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The arrival of cloud services and consumption-based pricing has seen agencies part with the age-old practice of buying items and paying for them through annual budgeting. But the new gasoline pump method of payment gets the government tied in knots, thanks to the Antideficiency Act.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

This makes optimizing infrastructure — without adding staff and within limited budgets — a priority at most agencies. Seamlessly upgrading networks to achieve higher speeds is critical if the IT staff hopes to meet increasing demands for network resources without upending the current infrastructure.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2023

Specifically, state CIOs are concerned about cybersecurity “governance, budget and resource requirements, security frameworks, data protection, training and awareness, insider threats, [and] third-party risk.” While state government leaders recognize the need to prioritize cybersecurity, they often lack the…

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

Congress isn’t likely to substantially increase the Pentagon’s 12 percent share of the federal budget to buy new zero-trust tools, so it needs to improve the integration of existing ones instead, Stoyanov says.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 26, 2023

As the end of another fiscal year approaches, federal agencies are making the final decisions on what technology is a must-have before the current budget concludes. Impulse buys in a spend-it-or-lose-it situation are unwise, however.

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Budgeting 52

State Tech Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

A lack of skilled staff, budget constraints and outdated technology all contribute to the vulnerability. State and local governments often bear heavy burdens when it comes to ransomware: Only 20 percent were able to stop an attack before their data was encrypted, according to Sophos, and only 58 percent of encrypted data was recovered.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As supplemental federal COVID-19 funding runs out and inflation makes it increasingly more expensive for state and local governments to borrow money, department budgets will remain tight. More than ever, it will be vitally important for state and local jurisdictions to take advantage of funding opportunities to bolster their cyberdefenses.

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