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Contents
14INDUSTRY
The 2017 Washington
Technology Top 100
What the leaderboard says about the state of federal IT
BY NICK WAKEMAN 20CONTRACTING
Note to the White House: Wall Street is watching
Concerns about agency budgets and staffing levels are starting to show up in contractors’ communications with investors
BY ADAM MAZMANIAN
22TECHNOLOGY
Do we still need systems integrators?
Interoperability should be standard for any IT system being built today
BY DAVID EAVES 242020 CENSUS
Can the Census Bureau really deliver $5 billion in savings?
Cost overruns and decisions to cancel or suspend various programs are putting the price tag for the 2020 count at risk
BY CHASE GUNTER
20
TRENDING
3 CONGRESS
$500 million modernization bill passes the House
FCW CALENDAR
Where you need to be next
6 CYBERSECURITY
Trump signs cyber order, and Thornberry introduces a bill to reform DOD acquisition
7 CLOUD
FedRAMP gains speed, but true sharing still lags.
Plus, a call for Rising
Star nominations.
8 PEOPLE
An FCW Insider news roundup
9 TECHNOLOGY
Warner wants updates on feds’ software patching
DEPARTMENTS
10 COMMENTARY
IT acquisition reform’s time is now
BY VENKATAPATHI “PV” PUVVADA
The unending saga of management reform BY ALAN P. BALUTIS
The cloud takes open data to new heights BY JED SUNDWALL
Giving agencies access to insider-threat solutions
BY MARK AMTOWER
27 EXEC TECH
GSA’s growing stable of SINs
BY MARK ROCKWELL
29 DRILL DOWN
Why compliance demands a DevOps approach
BY SHAWN WELLS
31 THINK PIECE
Cybersecurity’s next phase: Cyber deterrence BY DOROTHY DENNING
33 FCW INDEX
34 BACK STORY
McCaskill is keeping an eye on contractors
Innovation in Government: Transforming Citizen Engagement
To keep pace with today’s digital citizens, agencies need a cohesive and sustainable strategy for delivering information and services to the public.
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