digital strategy

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Does The Federal CIO Shop Need Bold Vision Or Implementation?

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | September 12, 2012

VanRoekel’s first year in office has told a different story, though, with a pace of new initiatives that matches or exceeds his predecessor’s. With that much transformation in such a short period, Balutis worries, many of the changes implemented in the past four years won’t have time to work their way into the fabric of federal operations, especially if Republican nominee Mitt Romney wins the presidency in November and appoints a third federal CIO.
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GSA Seeks Governmentwide Mobile Device Management Contracts

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | February 8, 2013

The General Services Administration is seeking governmentwide contracts with vendors who can ensure the security of federal employees’ smartphones and tablets and the applications that run on them, solicitation documents show. Read More »

Is GitHub Government’s Next Big Thing?

Luke Fretwell | FedScoop | June 6, 2012

With recent attempts from the White House to bring a more agile approach to government technology, U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel’s “Shared First” initiative, released in December, coupled with the federal government’s new digital strategy, the door may slowly be opening to a more widespread public sector collaborative coding environment, such as the one provide by San Francisco-based startup GitHub.

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UK Cities Start Alliance On Sharing And Re-use

Gijs Hillenius | JoinUp | April 11, 2014

The London borough of Camden and the city of Bristol have launched the Open Systems Alliance, aiming to develop, share and re-use software solutions. The alliance was announced at the Open Source Open Standards Conference, in London last Thursday, by Camden's chief information officer, John Jackson.

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VanRoekel Will Stay On At The White House

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | November 9, 2012

Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel confirmed via Twitter Friday that he plans to stay in the White House during President Obama’s second term. Read More »

White House To Host Open Data Day Hackathon

Frank Konkel | FCW | February 6, 2013

Do you know your way around an application programming interface? Do open data and data visualization make you feel warm and fuzzy inside? Want to work on the code that allowed the public to petition for the administration to build a Death Star or let Texas secede from the country? Read More »