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But getting Congress on board with plans to divest in legacy platforms to fund new capabilities will be a challenge.

President Biden last February speaks publicly prior to signing an executive order on the economy. Three months later, he would sign yet another EO designed to improve the nation’s cyber posture. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity proposes many ambitious goals, but among the most nebulous and challenging passages in the document is a section that calls for the revision and standardization of government contracts with IT and operational technology service providers in order to remove barriers to shari...

Government Executive email GovExec Daily: The Major Changes In Federal Digital Operations and Acquisition Stan Soloway joins the podcast to discuss President Joe Biden's appointments and how they will attempt to modernize government. The year-plus of the coronavirus pandemic isolation period has forced government to heed the call of modernization with speed unseen before it. The necessity of telework made the federal government switch to a more agile tech and workforce situation, including IT contracting and operations. The Biden administration came into office against that ba...

Augmented reality goggles and the future of defense acquisition The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System has been in the works for years, but the potentially multibillion deal could mark a paradigm shift in how the Defense Department buys and leverages technology. By Lauren C. Williams Apr 14, 2021 The Army made national news when it announced a deal to buy more than 120,000 augmented reality headsets from Microsoft for $22 billion in order to enhance soldier training and situational awareness. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which has been in the works for more than ...

By Lauren C. Williams NOTE: This article was first published on FCW.com. The Army made national news when it announced a deal to buy more than 120,000 augmented reality headsets from Microsoft for $22 billion in order to enhance soldier training and situational awareness. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which has been in the works for more than three years and has functions like radio communications and high-resolution night and thermal sensors, is undeniably cool. But there’s more to the potentially multibillion deal, which could mark a potential shift in how the Defense Departm...