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All Content > Government Coverage > Mid Atlantic

Title of entry: 
The Government’s Tech Challenges

Issue or Publication date:
April 7, 2022; Oct. 13, 2022; Dec. 8, 2022

Publication name: 
Nextgov

Publishing/parent company: 
GovExec Media Group

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nextgov.com

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Nextgov regularly covers the technology that serves as the backbone of the federal government’s operations. That technology often costs millions or billions and yet still can grind to a standstill, leaving people unserved. For example, Nextgov reported on a multibillion-dollar electronic health records system used by the Defense and Veterans Affairs department had a nearly three-hour outage at 178 facilities caused by a bug in a database. The publication also broke the news that the General Services Administration’s tech consultancy is operating at a $30 million deficit—a significant amount for a group that aims to sustain itself through fees from helping other agencies modernize their IT. The team also covered the Defense Department’s years-long and controversial struggle to buy commercial cloud services and gain an edge over adversaries like China.

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https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2022/04/va-dod-electronic-health-record-system-suffers-nationwide-outage/364164/
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https://www.nextgov.com/technology-news/2022/10/gsas-tech-shops-face-30m-deficit-after-priority-change-last-year/378388/
https://www.nextgov.com/technology-news/2022/12/pentagon-9b-cloud-contract-gives-us-leg-china-adversaries/380673/