Federal Government

One Month…and Counting

Posted on 16. Mar, 2013 by Micro Focus.

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March 15 just came and went and that means one thing…taxes are due in less than a month. For millions of Americans that have delayed the inevitable, these last four weeks will be filled with anxiety, uneasiness and stress. They are not the only ones that will be feeling stress, however. The [...]

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Budget Optimization Summit

Posted on 08. May, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
Today’s entry will be quick, but I wanted to bring to your attention an important event that is taking place in Washington, DC this week focused on strategies for saving money by determining intellectual property embedded in legacy systems and establishing connectivity and readiness to cloud-based architectures. Full disclosure, my company is [...]

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Data Centers Aweigh

Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
We’ve all heard the famous line from the U.S. Naval Academy fight song that states “Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.” Now it appears the Navy is looking to “aweigh” its data centers to produce significant cost savings…and I mean significant…of over $1.4 billion. This process is not only supposed [...]

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Shooting the Messenger?

Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
An independent, nonpartisan agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is responsible for investigating and reporting to Congress how the federal government is spending taxpayer dollars. Often referred to as the “Congressional Watchdog,” GAO estimates it saved the federal government $45.7 billion last year through these investigations – now that’s what [...]

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2013 Budget – The Next Chapter

Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
This week the House Budget Committee Chairman released the GOP version of the fiscal year 2013 budget proposal. Serving as a direct response to President Obama’s proposed budget released in February, this version claims to save approximately $368 billion over 10 years. According to a Federal News Radio article, this [...]

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IT Dashboard Gets a Makeover

Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
Last week, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced that the IT Dashboard had been updated to include “detailed IT investment information in support of the President’s FY 2013 Budget.” Mr. VanRoekel posted highlights of the new and improved IT Dashboard on the OMBlog. In case you have been hiding under a [...]

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Has the Cloud Burst?

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
A recent article in Federal Computer Week cites a poll of more than 500 government professionals taken by the Ponemon Institute on the state of cloud computing. Not surprisingly, security concerns emerged as the primary reason for not transitioning to a cloud environment, with nearly half of the respondents indicating they [...]

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The State of our Union

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
Apologies for the lack of content recently, I am just now getting back into the swing of things following my participation in the CES Government conference in Vegas – an event I highly recommend to my colleagues in the federal market. While onsite I was able to take in presentations and [...]

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2011: A Look Back

Posted on 08. Jan, 2012 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
Happy New Year! As we begin 2012, a recent blog post by Washington Technology’s Editor-in-Chief, Nick Wakeman, caught my eye and inspired me to think about the year that was. In his post, Mr. Wakeman highlighted six stories that dominated the pages of his magazine and website in 2011. [...]

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Waste Not, Want Not

Posted on 23. Dec, 2011 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released his annual report of the top 100 “countless unnecessary, duplicative, or just plain stupid projects spread throughout the federal government” that were “paid for with your tax dollars this year that highlight the out-of-control and shortsighted spending excesses in Washington” (Sen. Coburn clearly pulls no punches). [...]

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Launch a Cost Savings Dashboard…Now We’re Talking

Posted on 16. Dec, 2011 by Micro Focus.

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Written by Tod Tompkins
I recently read an article from John Foley of InformationWeek Government that called for government to provide “better, more concrete numbers on savings and returns” – what a novel idea! Foley calls for the establishment of an IT Savings and ROI Dashboard, similar to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) [...]