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COVID-19
BY JEREMY SMITH
TRENDING
3 PROCUREMENT
GSA chooses 3 companies for e-marketplace test
FCW CALENDAR
Where you need to be next
10 CONTRACTS
The STARS II ceiling is raised to $22B, and NLRB and AT&T complete the first upgrade under EIS
11 PEOPLE
Anil Cheriyan is leaving GSA, and Suzette Kent is stepping down as federal CIO. Plus, the Senate NDAA addresses bid protests and JRSS.
12 CYBERSECURITY
CMMCmovesforward, but concerns persist. Plus, DOD taps Dave Spirk to be chief data officer.
13 MANAGEMENT
Bipartisan House bill would create a White House cyber director, and Congress weighs the fate of DOD’s chief management officer
DEPARTMENTS
14 COMMENTARY
Making sense of DynCorp’s run of contract protests
BY NICK WAKEMAN
TBM: A better approach
to IT investments
BY CAMMY WEBSTER AND JAROD GREENE
44 IDEAS
Using technology to speed COVID-19 contact tracing BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ
5G: Promise and perils for agencies
BY KATHERINE GRONBERG
50 CASE STUDY
The secret to NRC’s telework agility
BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ
32 Scientists enlist supercomputers
in fight against coronavirus High-performance computing has been critical in powering drug discoveries, and Oak Ridge National Lab is pushing that work further and faster to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
FCW PERSPECTIVES
36 Can government get to zero trust? Today’s hybrid infrastructures and highly mobile workforces need the protection zero trust security can provide. Too bad there are obstacles at almost every turn. BY FCW STAFF
FIRST PERSON
48 The exit interview: Essye Miller
DOD’s outgoing principal deputy CIO talks about COVID-19 and the state of the technology workforce
BY LAUREN C. WILLIAMS
INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT:
Building a More Secure Cloud
Agencies increasingly rely on cloud technology to help them achieve mission outcomes, and as that reliance grows, the need to find solutions to complex security challenges grows as well
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INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT®
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Creating a blueprint for cloud security
Cloud and the customer experience
Why multi-cloud and zero trust are now essential
The route to secure, fast cloud adoption
Cloud security considerations for DOD mission partners
The evolution of trusted connections
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Cloud: One size does not fit all
How cloud makes telework smarter
Visibility is essential for cloud security
How the cloud is redefining security
Security and compliance providers speed time to ATO
DISA’s approach to cloud security
Building a More
SECURE
CLOUD
Agencies increasingly rely on cloud technology to help them achieve mission outcomes, and as that reliance grows, the need to find solutions to complex security challenges grows as well
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