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Funding boosts in the modeling software that has been a cornerstone for federal agencies preparing and responding to natural disasters, like Hurricane Katrina, is enabling the Department of Homeland Security to better study coastal hazards in the U.S.

As federal agencies prepare their infrastructure for anticipated 5G capabilities, these modernization efforts elicit the need for enhanced security. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is uniquely positioned to address these needs.

When U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services CIO Bill McElhaney assumed his position in March 2018, IT offices within each directorate were very siloed across the agency. Repetitive processes and excess IT spending impeded mission delivery speed and inhibited effectiveness and efficiency.

Academics are changing the way federal agencies develop technological and IT solutions to resolve agency mission challenges, starting with agency-sponsored centers of excellence.

The Department of Homeland Security appointed Kenneth Bible as its new chief information security officer last week.

Interoperability and information-sharing are two top priorities for the Department of Homeland Security’s data strategy, according to comments from its Chief Data Officer Carlene Ileto and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief Data Officer Kenneth Clark at an ATARC event last week.

Transitioning from paper record-keeping to electronic is a key component across federal IT modernization strategies, but aligning the budget to the effort has been a challenging hurdle.

CISA leaders emphasized the importance of good quality data and good relationships with cloud service providers when using CDM dashboards.

Federal agencies usually use artificial intelligence to improve mission performance and capabilities — but some are turning to the technology to streamline IT operations.

For the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program to work, federal agencies need to ensure their data quality is top notch.

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission wants the Department of Homeland Security to work with other federal agencies and Congress to address significant vulnerabilities in the IT supply chain by reshoring manufacturing of some critical parts, integrating supply chain risk management intelligence efforts, and shifting the supply chain away from China and overall Chinese influence.

COVID-19 forced many federal agencies to overhaul their IT strategies and transform the way they do work. But for some agencies, like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), COVID-19 is changing the way they accomplish their mission.