Closing the Technology Gap
summary
Promises to free 500 megahertz of spectrum over 10 years using auctions, shared-spectrum tech and unlicensed access; reports NSF-funded Eucalyptus and Nebula being used to roll federal cloud services; cites $80 billion annual federal IT spend and an IT Dashboard that halts 45 VA projects, terminates 12, stops 30 financial systems and re-evaluates $30 billion in major programs; cancels a $1 billion DoD HR effort after 12 years; launches challenge.gov with 30+ contests across 15 agencies and a Blue Button that sees ~10,000 downloads in a week.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Closing the technology gap
- 1:34Infrastructure and spectrum
- 4:00Cloud computing initiatives
- 7:08Democratizing open data
- 10:30Cultural and structural change
- 13:41Accountability and oversight
- 17:19Managing IT projects
- 20:13Launch of challenge.gov
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