Carter gambles with DIUx direct report

IT & Networks

GSA wants to modernize how feds get paid

The system, called NewPay, would be offered to all interested federal agencies under a blanket purchase agreement reaching potentially $2.5 billion.
VA finalizes contract to bring electronic health records in line with military systems

The multi-year and multi-billion-dollar effort could have wide ranging impact on all of American health care.
Pentagon wants nuclear secrets out of the silos and into the cloud

New Pentagon-specific cloud infrastructure must be built to accommodate nuclear secrets, and hopefully the attendant risk.
Trump executive order reprioritizes IT leadership authorities

The executive order mandates many chief information officer authorities that have long been required by legislation without widespread success.