The 2 civilian trends you need to know

November 8, 2017 by Leave a comment

Chris Wiedemann

federal budget, civilianBy Chris Wiedemann, consultant, and Kevin Shaker, senior analyst

The president’s FY18 budget request cuts funding to every civilian agency. The good news is that Congress will not entirely approve the spending decreases, but unfortunately, we’ll live in a budget-constrained environment for the next few fiscal years. The IT industry will need to help civilian agencies figure out how to keep systems modernizing.

You’ll hear all about the new FY18 challenges and trends facing companies that sell technology to civilian agencies at the 4th annual Government IT Sales Summit on Nov. 16 in Reston, VA. Here’s a look at two big trends we’ll be discussing:

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One of the fastest growing IT trends at Air Force

June 8, 2017 by Leave a comment

By Stephanie Meloni, consultant

The Air Force has begun piloting agile methodology in some of its key programs, and we can expect to see this as a growing trend throughout the service and the rest of the Department of Defense, as agile methodology adoption picks up based on acquisition guidance.

The main theme of the AFCEA Montgomery IT Summit (MITS) was using agile development to help the Air Force make data-driven decisions. The service views its data as a strategic asset and leaders point to using data to facilitate decisions that will outsmart adversaries as part of the Third Offset Strategy.

The Program Executive Officer of the Business and Enterprise Systems (PEO BES) office, Rich Aldridge, kicked off the conference by speaking about the challenges that his organization faces when it comes to systems development, which has led the Air Force down the path of using agile development to counter cost, schedule and risk as a way forward.

Here are just a few key priorities the Air Force will be examining as it works to make its software systems more agile:

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DHS Wants to Hear from You

June 2, 2016 by Leave a comment

Tom O'KeefeDHS and industryBy Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant

Industry engagement seems to be the new focus at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Luke McCormack, the chief information officer, and Soraya Correa, the chief procurement officer, have made it a point to ramp up outreach to the private sector. This summer looks to continue this trend of engagement with several activities and requests for information (RFI) that technology vendors will want to keep their eyes on.

First, the department has reached out to industry to gauge the viability of a DHS-specific contract for agile design and development. The RFI includes a draft scope of the proposed vehicle based on work done by the US Digital Services team in developing the Digital Services Playbook.

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