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Federal CIO Wants Culture Of Continuous IT Upgrades Across Government

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

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Federal CIO Wants Culture Of Continuous IT Upgrades Across Government

Departments and agencies across the federal government need to adopt a “philosophy” of continuously upgrading and modernizing their information technology (IT) systems and networks to improve security, lower costs and improve efficiency and productivity, Tony Scott, the United States Chief Information Officer (CIO), said on Wednesday.This continuous upgrade and replacement culture is “in keeping with future progress that will be made in the technology world,” Scott said at the Security Summit hosted by 1105 Media Group. “And, today, we don’t…

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