Have you ever watched a soccer match where your team lost by one goal in the final few seconds of the game? If so, chances are you walked away blaming the goalkeeper for not getting the job done. In ...

I've only contracted software a handful of times. Project 1: We wrote some specs, contacted 3 vendors, got the one with the lowest quote (yay! it was the only vendor who quoted below the budget).

This is the last in a series of three articles that address howto prevent and resolve software implementation disputes. The firstarticle considered proactive measures that could get the projectback on ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...

Software contracting in the federal government is very lucrative and a huge part of the government’s cybersecurity, but the import of knowing what is software is often underestimated. A software bill ...

The Pentagon must default to rapid acquisition processes when buying software, from business systems to weapons components, the defense secretary said in a Thursday memo. The move is a “big deal,” one ...

U.S. Army Spc. Keith Thornburgh, 982nd Signal Company (Combat Camera) (Airborne), edits a video product while supporting CSTX 78-19-02 at Fort Dix, NJ, June 14, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by SSG Benjamin ...

Open source code is used increasingly across the entire federal government and the U.S. military. But a new digital rubicon is looming: the use of open source code as a condition within U.S. Defense ...