Recent Posts on Information Technology

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DOD Efforts to Buy and Maintain IT Systems Are Billions Over Budget and Delayed

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Veterans Affairs’ Ongoing Struggle to Modernize Its Electronic Health Record System

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Federal Efforts to Update Old IT are Years Behind Schedule—We Looked at the Impacts of Delays

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The Next Big Cyber Threat Could Come from Quantum Computers… Is the Government Ready?

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What Went Wrong with the Launch of Thrift Savings Plan’s New Online System?

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CrowdStrike Chaos Highlights Key Cyber Vulnerabilities with Software Updates

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The U.S. Is Less Prepared to Fight Cybercrime Than It Could Be

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After a Recent Hacking—What are the Risks and Rewards of Cloud Computing Use by the Federal Government?

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TSP's New System For Managing Federal Retirement Savings Triggers Complaints

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Outdated and Old IT Systems Slow Government and Put Taxpayers at Risk

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How does the Information Environment Threaten National Security? (video blog)

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Monkeypox and COVID-19 highlight need for real-time public health information