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The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) support the federal government’s efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to how it purchases technology goods and services and how it administers contracts. We appreciate that the government is engaging stakeholders in determining the right steps to do this, and [...]
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Nearly two years ago, in June of 2012, the legislature and governor of the fourth largest state in the union eliminated and defunded the State of Florida’s Agency for Enterprise Information Technology –and it did away with the position of its State Chief Information Officer (CIO). At the time, politicians felt that the agency was an unnecessary public expenditure – one which the state could not afford [...]
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A draconian legislative proposal in California threatens to undermine the freedom and flexibility of the state to acquire the best technologies available – many of which are created in California. SB 828, authored by state Sens. Ted Lieu (D) and Joel Anderson (R), proposes the overly restrictive "4th Amendment Protection Act." The bill prohibits companies contracting with federal agencies that collect [...]
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While the president’s proposed fiscal year 2015 (FY15) budget takes no dramatic turns for federal IT policy, we here at the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) think that it does usher the government toward a matured plan to increase efficiency and productivity using today’s most innovative technologies. While many of the IT priorities can be gleaned from the summary below, it is important that the [...]
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As the world’s security experts, including many U.S. government officials, gather in San Francisco this week to attend the RSA Conference, it’s an appropriate time to discuss the ways our federal government is working to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to acquisition planning and contract administration. The federal government depends on technology to provide services to citizens [...]
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ITI congratulates today’s release of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. The process that went into developing this Framework has been a model for how the public and private sectors can work together to serve the national interest. In effect, the U.S. Government leveraged a tremendous amount of stakeholder input in an open, transparent, and collaborative [...]
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As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address tomorrow night, many reporters, political experts, and pundits are whirling about, attempting to predict the substance of the speech. Meanwhile, we here in the tech sector see this speech as a chance to outline an agenda of opportunity – a chance for policymakers to create economic opportunity for our country. Here are 10 [...]
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Many around Washington have started the dialogue on acquisition reform as the solution to a decades’ long government challenge to leverage the power and efficiency of technology. The White House, Congress, and the Department of Defense have dedicated resources to making acquisition reform a priority in 2014. However, it is important to keep in mind that troubled IT program rollouts, like Healthcare.gov, [...]
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Yesterday, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees unveiled an omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. Their late nights of negotiations have resulted in a bill that will keep the government operating for the rest of the fiscal year, providing businesses and U.S. citizens with fiscal certainty that essential services and policies will continue apace and without interruption through [...]
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There has been a lot of debate in the media recently about who or what is to blame for the Healthcare.gov failure. The saying “success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan” comes to mind. Practically everyone in government and the private sector with a role in Healthcare.gov has been under the media’s microscope. The media’s finger-pointing aside, the fact is that no one individual or office [...]
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