Federal and state / local government agencies are increasingly moving towards requiring BIM on most of its building projects (GSA, ASCE, Veteran’s Affairs, Air Force and Coast Guard on the federal side and Wisconsin and Ohio at the state level to name a few).

When a longtime customer was looking to modernize its legacy Human Capital Management (HCM) system, they turned to DLT Solutions, US Communities and Oracle to make the procurement fast and easy.

Check out this video of the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities’ Director of IT, Paul Pauesick, discussing how he and the agency are, “looking to save around $1.8M in the next five years,” by moving to the cloud.

For many federal agencies, the decision to deploy public or private clouds has come down to this: they’re going with both. They’re embracing hybrid clouds.

It’s really no surprise given that federal IT is balancing the need for greater agility, flexibility, and innovation, with strict security control. Hybrid clouds provide the perfect alternative, because they allow agencies to become more nimble and efficient while still maintaining control.

Better Procurement, Communication Needed at DHS

At Washington Technology’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Industry Tech Day, a large emphasis was put on the procurement process within the agency and how to partner more closely with industry companies. With so many technology adjustments and changes on the horizon, it’s crucial that DHS and its partners remain transparent through the procurement process to best align with its overall mission and strategy.

Data breaches seem to be becoming a fact for government business. As more devastating insights are revealed about the attack on OPM last year, the realities of the attackers capabilities are becoming more evident.

According to a 2015 data breach investigations report by Verizon:

• 60% of attackers are able to compromise an organization within minutes.

Today, cybersecurity threats are growing in volume, sophistication, and persistence. That’s according to the findings of Symantec’s 2016 Internet Security Threat Report which draws on threat data from its Global Intelligence Network and monitoring activity in over 157 countries.

Today, Autodesk announced the release of its 2017 AEC family of products, including InfraWorks 360, Civil 3D (both part of Autodesk’s BIM for infrastructure offerings) and Revit. The latest versions of these solutions include hundreds of updates, enhancements, and optimizations that bring a wealth of benefits to the infrastructure and architecture community.

Here’s an overview of what you can expect in the new releases, available now!

Mobile Devices, HR Software Top List of Federal IT Waste

The General Accountability Office (GAO) recently published their annual review of IT programs that could be costing government agencies hundreds of millions of dollars. On the top of the list is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) human resources IT system. As it has not been fully implemented (and does not have an implementation date scheduled), DHS is losing out on its benefits and consequentially foregoing significant cost savings.

Reality capture has been used in the digital design world for some time. And it’s a powerful asset. Using and incorporating data about the real world into their designs has enabled designers to draft and engineer within the context of the existing environment and infrastructures, rather than start with a blank screen.

It’s been nearly one year since the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) first noticed that it had been the target of the largest ever cybersecurity attacks on the U.S. government. That was April 2015 (it wasn’t until June 2015 that OPM actually disclosed the breach).

OPM aside, 2015 was a challenging year for the U.S. government’s cyber defenses – 67,000 system intrusions were detected and a record $12.5 billion was spent defending itself against attack.