CASE STUDIES & INSIGHTS
The reality is that shutdowns are now an unpleasant feature of government work. Since the first U.S. government shutdown in 1981, shutdowns have occurred about every four years. Similarly, public sector IT projects take an average of 3.9 years to complete. As such, there’s a high chance that any team working on an IT project within the federal government will experience a shutdown that will threaten the project’s timeline and budget.
Read MoreFederal government shutdowns, the result of funding gaps that occur when Congress can’t agree on a spending bill, are a relatively recent phenomenon. Since the first shutdown in 1981, there have been 10 more, with the longest lasting 35 days, from December 18, 2018, to January 25, 2019. On average, shutdowns now occur about every four years and last nearly nine days.
Read MoreDuring the recent COVID-19 pandemic, those outside of the health and science community witnessed the complex and urgent work done by epidemiologists. The public received a window into the complex processes through which public health professionals identify, track, and prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
Read MoreAs the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) embarked on an initiative to modernize its National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS), the team leading the charge was met with a disheartening warning from stakeholders on the project: “You’re never going to change the way public health operates.”
Read MoreOpen-source software is practically ubiquitous in the private technology sector. In fact, 97% of all codebases use open-source code. Why? Open source provides the building blocks that allow organizations to enhance their services and innovate for their customers. Its strength lies in the fact that developers worldwide constantly create, evaluate, and improve the underlying code to fix vulnerabilities and ease implementation.
Read MoreAs of 2022, 97% of all codebases relied on open-source code, making it practically ubiquitous in the tech sector. Open-source software is widely known to drive innovation and increase speed-to-market while ensuring that organizations are leveraging the most up-to-date tech innovations. But despite its prevalence broadly, the public sector has been more reticent to adopt open-source practices. Why? Complex procurement processes combined with security concerns mean that it often feels easier for government IT departments to continue using custom-built software by default.
Read MoreIs your company ready for October 2025? That’s when all organizations will need a CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) certificate at the required level to bid on U.S. government contracts containing controlled unclassified information. Currently, nearly 90% of federal contractors are not meeting the security requirements set by the Department of Defense.
Read MoreFor the 220,000 private companies that do work with the Department of Defense (DoD), time is running out. The DoD’s latest version of its mandatory Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, CMMC 2.0, arrived in early 2023, providing a long-awaited framework to protect…
Read MoreLet’s start with the basics: “NoOps” is short for “No Operations,” and the concept refers to your IT department. The idea behind NoOps is to move your IT operations to a point of automation that requires a minimum of human intervention. The upside: faster operations and fewer errors—without the need for a dedicated
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