Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has launched its R3 portfolio of solutions designed to help federal government customers meet new work challenges and opportunities related to remote work, resiliency, and digital government services resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. SAIC’s R3 solutions will help the government respond, recover and restructure by enhancing lifecycle and providing new solutions.
Read More »SAIC Survey: 82% of Federal Execs Expect Remote Work to Continue Post-Pandemic; Mark Forman Quoted
A Science Applications International Corp. survey has found that 84 percent of federal government executives said they are more or just as productive since their transition to virtual work environments and 82 percent said they expect telework to continue even after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »SAIC’s Mark Forman: Data Analytics, Other Digital Transformation Tools Could Help Agencies Manage Supply Chains
Mark Forman, vice president of digital government strategy at Science Applications International Corp., said that government agencies should adopt digital transformation techniques and tools to scale supply chains in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other future crises.
Read More »SAIC’s Mark Forman: CIOs Should Help Agency Leaders Recognize Need for Digital Tools
Mark Forman, vice president of digital government strategy at Science Applications International Corp., wrote in a commentary published Monday on FCW that government chief information officers should help agency leaders understand the importance of adopting cloud, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and other digital government tools as they transition from response to the recovery phase during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Unisys’ Mark Forman: Federal IT Spending Should Focus More on Modernization
Mark Forman, vice president for digital government at Unisys’ federal arm, said he expects this year’s federal spending to prioritize modernization efforts, cybersecurity and information technology operations and maintenance.
Read More »Mark Forman Named Unisys Federal VP of Digital Government; PV Puvvada Quoted
Unisys Corp. announced Monday that Mark Forman has been appointed the vice president of Digital Government for Unisys Federal. Forman will work with Unisys U.S. federal government clients to improve their mission outcomes through innovations related to cloud computing and other digital transformation approaches.
Read More »Unisys Federal’s Mark Forman: CIOs Must Implement Cloud Mgmt Strategies Beyond Traditional Frameworks
Mark Forman, vice president of digital government at Unisys’ federal arm, has said that chief information officers must adopt strategies on implementing cloud-related capabilities to fully leverage the new technology for modernizing operations.
Read More »Section 809 Panel Recommendation Highlights Need to Update IT Acquisition, Budgeting Approaches
Some industry experts say the Section 809 panel’s recommendation to exempt the Pentagon from the Clinger-Cohen Act highlights the need to fix the budgeting approach to provide agencies the ability to facilitate the information technology acquisition process, Federal News Network reported Friday. Mark Forman, vice president and global head of public sector at Unisys, said the Section 809 report suggests that agencies have now shifted to buying IT as-a-service, instead of treating or procuring IT as a capital asset.
Survey: Gov’t IT Heads See Federal Regulations’ Impact on Securing Citizen Data
Information technology officials at state and local governments said some federal regulations have been "very impactful" on how they deliver online services and tools necessary to protect citizen data, according to a survey by Unisys and Dell EMC.
Read More »Unisys’ Mark Forman: Government IT Acquisition Oversight Needs Different Approach
Mark Forman, global head of Unisys‘ public sector business, told Government Matters in an interview published Sunday that agency chief information officers should adopt a new approach to monitor federal information technology investments. He cited a Government Accountability Office report indicating that CIOs oversaw nearly 78K IT procurement transactions that …
Read More »Unisys Survey Shows Need for Gov’t Agencies to Protect Citizen Information
A Unisys-sponsored study has unveiled that most Americans are hesitant to share their personal information with the government in a virtual environment for fear of privacy infringement. Among 2K respondents, two-thirds said they are concerned of how the government uses and protects their data, Unisys said Friday. Mark Forman, global public …
Read More »Unisys’ Mark Forman: Employee Skills Can Help Drive Government IT Transformation
Mark Forman, global public sector head at Unisys, has said government agencies should hone employees’ information technology skills to carry out IT modernization efforts. He wrote in a Nextgov opinion piece published Monday that IT professionals can serve as potential agents of change as agencies increasingly move toward “server-less” and “cloud …
Read More »Unisys Launches LineSight Analytics Software for Border Threat Detection
Unisys unveiled today its LineSight software for border security threat detection. The platform uses advanced data analytics and machine learning to help border agents make time-sensitive decisions regarding traveler and cargo inspections, said the Blue Bell, Penn., company. LineSight works by analyzing high volumes of the data to highlight potential …
Read More »Unisys Introduces IT Services Suite to Support Agencies’ Digital Govt Efforts
Unisys has unveiled a set of software and information technology service offerings designed to support digital transformation programs of government agencies at both state and local levels. The Digital Government Accelerators family of IT services works to help agencies facilitate delivery of digital services to citizens through migration of applications and data to …
Read More »Unisys to Help Update New Zealand’s Driver & Vehicle Registry Platform
Unisys has received a five-year contract to help New Zealand’s transport agency update a driver and vehicle registry platform through the use of an “agile” software development approach. The company said Wednesday it will support NZTA’s Registry Suite — a group of systems for vehicle and driver safety programs — and transition to …
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