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September 12, 2017

How Alaska is using transparency to attract modern software vendors

By Randy Hart , Jon Geselle

Alaska’s Department of Health & Social Services is working with the Technology Transformation Services’ Office of Acquisition on a new approach to product and acquisition management to develop a modern, integrated eligibility system for their Division of Public Assistance. We’re experimenting with a transparent approach so that anyone can see, and provide public feedback on, our progress.

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September 8, 2017

Forest Service: Six months in, checking our assumptions

By Rebecca Refoy-Sidibe , Michael Torres , Aaron Burk

The Technology Transformation Services has been working with the Forest Service in an effort to move their permitting process online. In this post, we’ll focus on how taking a step back to check your assumptions can reduce the risk that your project will go off course.

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September 7, 2017

Opening the nation’s crime data

By Ryan Sibley

For more than eight decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected nationwide crime data under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. While the data has always been publicly available via static reports, the first release of the Crime Data Explorer makes it easier than ever for anyone to access and use the data.

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September 5, 2017

FICAM partners with Federalist on new federal identity playbooks

By Jim Sheire

The General Services Administration has developed digital versions of its Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management Roadmap and associated implementation guidance and put them online with the adoption of 18F’s Federalist platform.

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August 30, 2017

What makes a great vendor team for acquisition product development?

By Laura Gerhardt

From our experience with the Agile Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), we’ve found that in order to build effective cross-functional teams and successful IT projects, we need alignment on several principles

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