Senior IT leaders at State argue that small-scale pilots of AI technology can help bring a wealth of benefits to federal government, such as increased transparency.

The technology leader departs but will remain in federal government service.

Configuration management of products and systems, in particular, had gone unaddressed, prompting OIG to recommend the under secretary for management get involved.

The chief information officer doesn't approve all IT purchases, one of several shortcomings that allows duplication.

The embrace of cloud as an enabler of DevSecOps and cybersecurity more broadly represents an evolution in agencies' approach to the technology.

Now that they've moved to an agile model, bureaus are expected to adopt enterprise technical capabilities or develop new ones they share with ITEC.

The new office will establish service contracts agencies can buy technology and services off of and be staffed by 40 to 50 federal employees across four divisions.

Some agencies have elements of zero-trust frameworks in place, but NIST will explore the proper way to use them, according to its chief cybersecurity adviser.

Schedule consolidation should help, said the division chief of contracting and procurement for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

The request calls for industry input on how to provide a suite of IT services for the Bureau of Information Resource Management's data centers.