Why COVID-19 just accelerated the online imperative of local government
Citizens who are now learning to pay bills online, watch public meetings from the comfort of home and access public documents from their mobile device will not be willing to return to a life of rush-hour commutes, long lines, printers, ink and stamps.
The 4 essential pillars of cloud security
As agencies are increase cloud adoption, shift IT practices to respond the pandemic and continue to face persistent cyber adversaries, they should implement a holistic framework for a zero-trust architecture that will give them greater cloud security.
FDA, DHS move on IT infrastructure modernization
The Food and Drug Administration is considering new approaches for delivering IT infrastructure, and the Department of Homeland Security is inching closer to making good on a long promised data center consolidation plan.
Report: High-Tide Flooding Broke Records Last Year. It Will Probably Keep Getting Worse.
Nineteen locations around the country in 2019 set or tied records on the number of flood days, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found.
DISA looks to infrastructure as code for faster cloud deployment
The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for a cloud developer to help it deploy infrastructure-as-code capabilities so it can automate configuration for multiple missions in one or more cloud environments.
Google launches a government cloud
Assured Workloads for Government is a secure cloud platform the company says will give agencies more feature options and better security than traditional government clouds.
Technology will drive 2020 hurricane readiness and response
As emergency response agencies prepare for hurricanes against the backdrop of COVID-19, they must train staff, validate processes and policies and test and update technology to better inform response and mitigate health risks to responders.
Virginia consolidates COVID response data
Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation platform launched in 2018 to track opioid addiction has been expanded to help with the commonwealth’s COVID-19 response.
NOAA’s future-forward cloud, data strategies
The strategies place a premium on scaling the IT infrastructure and services to drive innovation and advances in science, products and services.
Marines connect smart base infrastructure
The smart base testbed will leverage Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s investments in both autonomous vehicles testing and microgrid technology.
SASE: Finally, a security blanket for government IT
A secure access service edge allows easy onboarding of disparate and misaligned systems, zero-trust access and integration with the cloud resources on which governments increasingly rely.
Focus on fundamentals: How Illinois flipped the work-from-home switch
Using their continuity of operations and disaster-recovery plans, Illinois officials quickly pivoted to a zero-trust, hybrid multi-cloud and multi-premise environment to support remote state workers.
AWS launches new unit for space sector
Amazon Web Services is ready to provide cloud hosting and other communications and data processing services to customers and partners in the space sector.
Network telemetry is becoming the new normal
Agencies need a way to collect and process the tidal wave of information coming their way and gain better visibility into the various devices delivering data.
AWS launches spreadsheet-flavored no-code app service
Honeycode uses using familiar spreadsheet conventions, like sheets, tables, values, and formulas to help users build custom apps.
Supreme Court Shows Interest in Clash Over Pipeline Builders Seizing State Land
The high court is asking the Trump administration to offer its views on the New Jersey case, which involves a roughly $1 billion natural gas pipeline project.
Technology choices must reflect our changed environment
Agencies should evaluate different technologies and infrastructure modernization approaches that will accommodate a work environment that’s likely permanently altered.
Legacy tech, insufficient coordination hampered COVID relief
The CARES Act relief programs overwhelmed federal, state and local IT systems and led to numerous delays and interoperability challenges, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office
How local government scaled up for remote workers
The biggest IT challenge local governments faced during the COVID-19 pandemic has been scaling existing infrastructure to accommodate many more workers than they had planned for, IT leaders said.
Embracing long-term, remote development in the cloud
Equipping remote developers with unfettered access to a secure, scalable cloud-based development environment will accelerate an agency’s return to full productivity.
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