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Can Industry Use Mobility to Build a Smarter Federal Workforce of the Future?
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst In five years, government won’t even be thinking about mobility, according to some of the speakers at AFCEA Bethesda’s Mobility Technology Symposium earlier this...
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Opportunity Alert: Homeland Security’s New Management Cube Initiative
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst On Monday, October 28, at ACT-IAC’s Executive Leadership Conference, acting Deputy Secretary of DHS Rafael Borras (who has been the Undersecretary for Management for...
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Reprograming the IPO Could Create New Opportunities with Electronic Health...
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst The future of the Interagency Program Office (IPO) is up in the air. Originally designated to develop an integrated electronic health record (iEHR) between the...
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IT Dashboard Problems Surface
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst One of the great tools we in the vendor community have is the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) IT Dashboard, which is a fantastic resource that provides us an...
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ACES in the Hole: NASA’s Troubled Infrastructure Contract
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst A recent NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report has criticized the agency’s handling of its major end-user computing services contract, the Agency Consolidated...
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The Future of FBI Cloud Adoption
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst Back in February, the Federal Bureau of Investigation hosted a cloud computing day where vendors could talk, face-to-face, with FBI IT personnel about the Bureau’s...
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The FirstNet Initiative: A Rare Opportunity in the Federal, State & Local Arena
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst It’s not often that there are opportunities that stretch across multiple federal government agencies that also expand in to the state & local space, but they do...
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3 Challenges Lead to Many Opportunities at DHS
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst The Department of Homeland Security released its second Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) on June 18, 2014. The QHSR outlines the broad strategic goals of the...
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Task Order 2 for CDM Approaching
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst Industry has been waiting on more news about the next set of contracts for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) $6B Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM)...
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New Iteration of VA Contract Could Surpass $12B Ceiling
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst Department of Veterans Affairs recently released an RFI for the next Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology (T4) vehicle, T4 Next Generation (NG). T4 is the VA’s...
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VA Seeking Analytics Tools to Enhance Veteran Care
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst Some recent developments suggest that the Department of Veterans Affairs is starting to get organized and introducing more advanced analytics capabilities into its...
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DHS’s Lessons Learned from Heartbleed
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst At a recent Washington Post event on cybersecurity recognizing National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, spoke...
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The New Normal for Federal IT Spending?
by Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst For the past few years we’ve been saying we’re in the dawn of a new budget environment — where the days of significant year-over-year growth for IT spending are over....
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New OFPP Memo: a Beacon of Opportunity for Technology Companies that do...
Tomas O’Keefe, Senior Analyst, Market Intelligence The new Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) head, Anne Rung, released a memo focusing on updates to federal acquisition policy. It’s no secret...
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DHS’s New Years Resolution: A Budget
Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant, Market Intelligence When Congress voted last year to give appropriations to federal agencies, there was one glaring omission: the Department of Homeland Security. Due to...
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Digital Service Teams a Boon to COTS Vendors
Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant, Market Intelligence This past week, when President Obama released his FY16 budget, there was something in the request that piqued my interest. Chris Wiedemann did a great job...
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Big Data Opportunities in the Pipeline at DHS & DOJ
Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant, Market Intelligence At last week’s AFCEA Homeland Security conference, information sharing and cybersecurity were some hot topics that seemed to take center stage. These are...
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Next-gen Supercomputing Opportunities at DOE
Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant, Market Intelligence There’s been quite a bit going on at the Department of Energy (DOE) in the past few months. Bob Brese left as CIO (Michael Johnson replaced him) and...
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3 Areas the First Responder Community Needs Industry Support
Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant, Market Intelligence Interoperability was the buzz word at AFCEA Bethesda’s Law Enforcement IT Day. Government speakers gave first-hand accounts of the challenges they’re...
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New Developments in the FirstNet RFP
Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant, Market Intelligence I’ve written about the First Responder Network, FirstNet, on this blog before because it’s a fantastic opportunity all COTS vendors should know about. TJ...
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The Low Down on the New National Strategic Computing Initiative
by Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant On July 29th, President Obama released a new executive order entitled: “Creating a National Strategic Computing Initiative.” This executive order seeks “to maximize...
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New Funding Tied to Obama’s Smart Cities Initiative
by Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant On September 14th, President Obama announced his Smart Cities initiative that would dedicate over $160M in federal research and development funding to technology solutions...
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Navigating Government’s Evolving Contractual Landscape
by Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant Government is raising the bar for competition, making management of contract vehicles more complicated through increased reporting requirements and consolidation of spend...
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DHS Championing Innovation in Silicon Valley
by Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant Last spring, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opened up its Silicon Valley Office (SVO) under the Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T), having high...
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New Name, New Vision for DHS’ NPPD
by Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant The Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) finally has a new name and vision: the Cyber and Infrastructure Protection Agency...
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DHS’s New Mobile App Playbook
By Tomas O’Keefe, Consultant Security is one of the biggest hurdles for mobility in government, but some recent work by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might make this challenge a little less...
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DHS Wants to Hear from You
The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up its industry engagement.
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Top IT Opportunities at DOJ
The Department of Justice if focused on three key technologies: cloud, big data, and cybersecurity. Find out more during the July 21, 2016 webinar on FY17 DOJ IT Sales Opportunities webinar.
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New IoT Security Principles On the Way
Internet of Things leaders across the federal government will outline strategic principles for near-and-long term purchasing decisions in securing internet-connected devices. What does it mean for the...
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The government’s latest move to reel in spending on mobile
The federal government's new mobility framework provides a realm of opportunity for agencies to buy the way they want to buy and provides mobile vendors with many avenues to sell into government.
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4 ways to show NASA some love
By Tom O’Keefe, consultant The next few years could be interesting for NASA, especially if the Trump administration tries to take aim at its climate observation work. But that won’t necessarily stop...
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5 DHS opportunities in the president’s proposed budget
By Tom O’Keefe, consultant One of the few civilian agencies that likely won’t have its budget cut is the Department of Homeland Security. What’s less clear is exactly how the funding breaks down for...
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3 technologies law enforcement will need this year
By Tom O’Keefe, consultant Law enforcement agencies are facing a myriad of challenges today, and they’ll be looking toward new technologies like artificial intelligence to help meet mission needs. That...
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New cyber authorities in new DHS legislation
If you sell cybersecurity solutions, you'll want to read this for insight on new sales opportunities within TSA and the Coast Guard.
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Is government starting to live on the intelligent edge?
The proliferation of smart phones and other mobile devices is finally starting to be felt by the government. By December 2016, mobile traffic made up 43 percent of traffic to government websites, up...
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Want to sell cloud? Here’s what you need to think about
Cloud is by no means a closed-market, but trying to compete with the behemoths in the industry isn’t the best path to take.
View ArticleWhy government needs help getting smarter at the edge
Government agencies are trying to figure out how best to analyze data gathered from sensors at or near the edge. There are many questions around how the public sector starts to use this data and how to...
View Article3 opportunities in the president’s budget
By Tom O’Keefe, consultant We all know the administration recently released its FY19 budget request. Despite the fact that the president’s budget is effectively dead on arrival, particularly with...
View ArticleBlockchain is all the rage and now government is interested
A recent NIST publication on blockchain has the attention of federal agencies. Here's a rundown of where to start talking about the technology in government.
View ArticleTechnology Revving Up at Department of Commerce
Demonstrating the value of of IT spend is top priority for both IT and mission leaders as they seek new technology solutions.
View ArticleHow NASA is Dealing With Their REALLY BIG Data
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, NASA is trying to better understand its massive data stores and take advantage of the efficiencies it can produce.
View ArticleNew DOE Office to Focus on Cyber Threats to Energy Sector
With the announcement of DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, new kinds of opportunities are likely to unfold.
View ArticleHow Vendors Can Deal With the Government Shutdown
Who's working and who's not? What does this mean to IT vendors who sell to the federal government?
View ArticleWhat Sales Reps Can Do During the Government Shutdown
Government agencies that are shut down right now are not buying IT. Here are suggestions on how sales reps can be prepared for when the money is flowing again.
View ArticleHuge New DHS RFI Presents Opportunity for Technology Vendors
Keep an eye on what happens with the latest DHS IT RFI! You might need to adjust your sales strategy.
View ArticleData Centricity: The Heart of Federal IT
Federal agencies are starting to think differently about their data. Solution providers need to shift their messaging accordingly.
View ArticleFederal IT Needs A Culture Shift
As IT modernization in the federal government marches forward, the workforce needs to move with it.
View ArticleSpending Bills Provide Clues to NEW Federal Money
Bills advancing through the House give insight into future funding priorities.
View ArticleCBP Plans Its Move to the Cloud
Traditional IT delivery models may still hold their value, making sure your product functions in a cloud environment is the key to continued success.
View ArticleFed and SLED IT Managers Are Buying Into AI
Artificial intelligence adoption in the public sector is no longer a futuristic idea. A recent study reveals how IT leaders view AI and its potential for addressing their complex challenges.
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