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...

NIST Asks for Input on Building Secure Software

NextGov: Cyber experts often warn there’s no such thing as completely secure tech, but the National Institute of Standards and Technology is trying to help software developers and IT buyers get as close as possible.

On Tuesday, NIST released a draft set of guidelines that...

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...

What the Governors Feuding With Their Own Parties Have in Common

Governing: Here are a few of the reviews some governors have received lately: “Politically incompetent.” “Liar.” “Not effective.” “Lack of leadership.” “Narcissistic opportunist.” “Never had a real agenda.” “An embarrassment to our state.”

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...

DoD has the tools to reform acquisition, and Thornberry wants to require their use

Defense News: In defense acquisition, “the times, they are a-changin’.” For decades, Congress and the Pentagon developed an acquisition bureaucracy geared toward eliminating risk at the expense of everything else. Regulations and check-the-box procedures accumulated like barnacles on a ship, suffocating innovation and failing to...

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...

U.S. death rates from suicides, alcohol and drug overdoses reach all-time high

NBC News: Rates of deaths from suicides, drug overdoses and alcohol have reached an all-time high in the United States, but some states have been hit far harder than others, according to a report released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund.

DOE has no 'regulatory or statutory ability' to create coal, nuclear bailout, says Perry

Utility Dive: Perry's Tuesday remarks mark a departure from his previous commentary on DOE's efforts to save increasingly uneconomic coal and nuclear plants.

At CERAWeek in March, the secretary told reporters DOE was still "looking for answers" to plant retirements. And last...

Critics of charter schools say they’re hurting school districts. Are they right?

Chalkbeat: Are charter schools “draining,” “siphoning,” or “funnelling” resources away from school districts?

It’s a contention at the heart of the increasingly contentious national debate over charter schools.