Government Policy, Business and Technology

Federal Agencies Embrace Agile Security: How Atlassian Tools Help Agencies Infuse Security into Agile Development

Driven by the growing number of cybercrimes that target both public sector entities and private corporations, along with increasing pressure to upgrade security, comply with stringent regulatory oversight and migrate to cloud-based services, federal agencies are working to modernize and improve the agility of crucial...

Federal Agencies Stand to Gain From a Vocational Approach to Cybersecurity Education

NextGov: The field of cybersecurity is constantly evolving, and so is the educational picture for its current and future workforce.

Security professionals join both government and private-sector jobs today via an educational hodgepodge of...

Nutanix’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Private Cloud Enables Federal Agencies to Streamline Operations and Improve Management of Large Data Sets

Just two years ago, the Federal government caught the attention of the government IT provider and user communities with a “Cloud First” mandate. If the response to this Federal initiative has been variable, it’s been only by degree, because there is clearly a strong...

Border Mayors: $30 Million From Congress Isn't Enough for Migrant Crisis

Governing: Mayors representing cities located on or near the U.S.-Mexico border expect to blow through $30 million Congress allocated in a recent supplemental funding bill for humanitarian costs associated with record-high numbers of migrant families arriving at the border.

Nutanix’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure Enables Government Entities to Provide Positive Outcomes to Citizens

Delivering services that support quality of life is the central task of local and regional governments entities, with a traditional focus on providing public safety, education, and social services such as healthcare. As citizens become increasingly aware of the capabilities of modern IT networks, they...

Pentagon nominee Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist, must extend recusal, says Warren

Defense News: President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Mark Esper, must “take additional steps” to wall himself off from his previous role as the top lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Cloud-Driven Databases Improve Service Quality, Reduce Costs

Most agencies have migrated at least a few applications to cloud services, but progress has been slow, due primarily to internal IT complexities, cybersecurity worries and a reluctance to abandon physical resources. Increasingly, however, agency leaders find that optimizing data management provides a critical first...

ACA's 'Cadillac Tax' Could Hit 20% of Employer-sponsored Health Plans

Health Leaders: One-in-five employer-sponsored high-cost health plans could be slapped with the Affordable Care Act's "Cadillac Tax" when it takes effect in 2022, according to a new analysis.

The Kaiser Family Foundation study found an even larger share...

Disputed ground: The future of landfill gas-to-energy

Utility Dive: Operators champion landfill gas as a source of renewable energy and revenue. But as communities seek to divert more organics and climate anxiety intensifies, the practice has been decried as greenwashing.

The full story of landfill gas (LFG) is complicated.

Where's the Senate's Education Spending Bill? Will the Holdup Affect Schools?

Education Week: The House spending bills, including an all-time high for federal education aid, have generated a great deal of interest this year. It's the first time in a decade Democrats control the chamber, and they want to draw sharp distinctions between their priorities and the Trump administration's. But with all that done and dusted weeks...