Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT

Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT

Four years can change a lot in federal technology. As the Bush administration prepared to hand power to the Obama team in late-2008, no mission-critical government systems were housed in computer clouds, there were fewer than two dozen government-built mobile applications and the nation had never had a chief information officer. Now new systems are moving to or being built in the cloud every month, there are more than 100 government apps and as for federal chief information officers—there have been two. Four years ago, the idea that federal information technology contractors should provide three-, six- and 12-month deliverables rather

What the influencers are saying

  1. Darrell West

    217.0 days ago

    Nice article from NextGov on future directions in federal IT http://t.co/0rHwnsJv via @nextgov

  2. Tom Suder

    217.0 days ago

    RT @dchenok: Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT http://t.co/NWObBuGU via @nextgov

  3. Nextgov

    217.0 days ago

    Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT: Severe budget pressure and consumer technology are redefining both ... http://t.co/sud3ZUkZ

  4. Alice Lipowicz

    217.0 days ago

    A seismic shift in federal IT? http://t.co/Mu1UglsS via @nextgov #govIT #gov20 #digitalgov

  5. Rick Holgate

    217.0 days ago

    These tremors have already started (#digitalgov, #mobilegov): Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT http://t.co/RrxQLGlA via @nextgov

  6. Alex Howard

    217.0 days ago

    BYOD, collaboration…& empowered CIOs? RT @darrwest Nice article from @NextGov on future directions in federal IT http://t.co/i7a2YRoY



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