October 16, 2018

Data is essential to guide evidence-based decision-making, a critical best practice toward informed policy development. A recent Government Accountability Office report has taken the government to task for failing to properly implement empirically sound and evidence-based practices as part of their deliberative process.

October 04, 2018

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics discuss a bill to redesign federal websites, and the rapid time frame it proposes.

August 14, 2018

Richard Beutel, Founder and Leader of Cyrrus Analytics and a nationally recognized expert in IT acquisition management and cloud policy, discusses how agencies can navigate the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act. He authored the original text of the MGT Act and is the original author and legislative manager for the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). Richard was also a leader in advancing the original Cloud First Policy and IT modernization across the federal government.

August 03, 2018

The government should consider all the types of data it uses—public, private and hybrid—as it forms its new Federal Data Strategy.

August 02, 2018

Mike Hettinger, President of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, Principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the future of the Technology Modernization Fund, and the need for transparency in its awards.

July 26, 2018

As it looks to get new technologies developed and into the field as quickly as possible, the Department of Defense has been making greater use of Other Transaction Authority (OTA), a quick-strike contracting mechanism that has gone in and out of fashion since the 1950s, but is now seeing a resurgence.

June 11, 2018

Open data policies drive government transparency, public accountability, and citizen-centered services. These policies provide valuable data resources to citizens while enhancing the effectiveness of government. However, the types of data that governments deal with are increasingly diverse and complex, particularly in cases where the government collects proprietary data or partners with private sector entities to accomplish government missions.

April 24, 2018

Mike Hettinger, former congressional chief of staff and president of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss which agency proposals might receive funding from the MGT board, and if the fund will receive more money in FY19.

January 29, 2020

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the impact of short term spending solutions on I.T. modernization at federal agencies.

March 05, 2018

The White House remains hopeful that the appropriators will heed its request and open up its wallet to fund the Technology Modernization Fund.

October 05, 2017

Hettinger Strategy Group president Mike Hettinger and Cyrrus Analytics principal Rich Beutel look to the future of Congress’ legislative priorities in information technology.

August 02, 2017

Hettinger Strategy Group president Mike Hettinger and Cyrrus Analytics principal Rich Beutel discuss the future of FITARA and offer insight on this fall’s federal IT priorities in Congress.

June 07, 2017

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, LLC., discuss what we know about the White House’s vision to build a 21st century government and modernize the customer experience.

June 06, 2017

The Trump administration today proposed $228 million in funding for a Technology Modernization Fund housed within the General Services Administration...

April 05, 2017

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the future of the Modernizing Government Technology Act in the 115th Congress.

February 01, 2017

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the details known so far about the cybersecurity executive order President Trump is expected to sign.

June 05, 2017

Don’t pop the champagne or start planning the celebration quite yet. The Modernizing Government Technology Act still has a long way to go before it becomes a law.

June 02, 2017

The bill passed the House in a floor vote Wednesday, highlighting the bipartisan concern lawmakers share regarding the nation’s aging federal technology, which includes at least 10 critical systems more than four decades old.

December 07, 2016

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, founder of Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the latest FITARA scorecard by Congress.

October 31, 2016

Mike Hettinger, president of the Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, founder of Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the future of GSA’s Technology Transformation Service, including its new leader Rob Cook.

October 06, 2016

Hettinger Strategy Group president Mike Hettinger, Cyrrus Analytics founder Rich Beutel, and Censeo Consulting Group managing director Kareem El-Alaily explain why federal chief information officers are at a crossroads when it comes to FITARA — the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act.

December 22, 2015

Despite pressure to modernize, agencies are still spending about 80 percent of their IT budgets maintaining old systems. A new bill, still in the planning stages, seeks to make it easier for agencies to move to the cloud in terms of both financing and obtaining authority to operate for commercial cloud systems.

May 31, 2017

Drenched in yellow light and red fog, Robert Earl Keen scratches at his guitar and unloads the lyrics to his trademark anthem with several thousand boot-and-cowboy-hat-clad Texans howling along in delirium...

June 01, 2017

The Modernizing Government Technology Act, a bill to help agencies upgrade their legacy technology, passed out of committee on May 2 and will soon get a vote on the House floor.

October 25, 2016

Three experts develop 12 recommendations based on interviews with CIOs and senior IT managers to measure all seven facets of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.

September 19, 2016

Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) sat down for an exclusive interview with Government Matters producer, Colby Hochmuth, to discuss his new legislation introduced in the House– The Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2016.

September 15, 2016

Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, on Thursday introduced new IT legislation to the House designed to help move government into the 21st century.

September 02, 2016

Mike Hettinger, is president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Richard Beutel, principal and founder, at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss top priorities for Congress when it returns from recess next week on Government Matters.

August 01, 2016

Cyrrus Analytics founder Rich Beutel discussed two funding models for IT modernization currently being considered on Capitol Hill — the Move IT Act, and the the IT Modernization Fund.

July 18, 2016

Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott got his wish — an alternative to the administration’s idea for how to modernize federal IT systems.

Article by Jason Miller

July 14, 2016

MOVE IT Act Introduced in House and Senate

May 01, 2016

Obama administration announced it wanted $3.1 billion from Congress to modernize, and therefore better secure, federal IT. This article by Jason Miller showcases the evolving legislation to modernized our government's IT. 

May 18, 2016

Congressman Connolly blasts the National Labs for trying to escape needed reforms.

March 14, 2016

There is growing pressure inside and outside of government to modernize Uncle Sam's IT infrastructure. The road to get there could be paved in the cloud.

March 13, 2016

Cyrrus Analytics founder Richard Beutel and Hettinger Strategy Group president Mike Hettinger discuss the Cloud Infrastructure Transition Act.

October 25, 2015

Cyrrus Analytics founder Richard Beutel discusses category management for laptop and desktop computers.