Since 2014, the Veterans Administration has been undergoing rapid IT modernization efforts designed to make broad reforms to its business lines. These changes are designed to improve customer experiences, largely by leveraging new technology which will improve the quality of services and make them easier to use. The agency’s key modernization priorities include improving customer…
Government agencies need more visibility into their application environment to understand and reduce their business risks and improve enterprise performance. However, it’s often difficult for agencies to execute an effective application rationalization program for a variety of reasons, whether it’s because of manual application inventory management processes, competing business priorities or resistance to change within…
What are APIs exactly? In simple terms, an Application Programming Interface (API) is a software intermediary that allows applications to talk to each other. But it’s not just limited to applications; basically, it allows various types of digital systems such as, servers, cloud applications, and back ends of software to collaborate with each other and…
With the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule in place, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a deadline for state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) to make patient health data freely available. As of July 1st, SMAs will need to make their data available to beneficiaries via APIs tailored to the task. By establishing…
With federal mandates around technology business management (TBM), FITARA, DODAF and other frameworks, it’s now more important than ever for federal agencies to gain complete visibility and control over their enterprise architecture and application portfolios. Better enterprise architecture management can reduce organizational risks and technology costs. It also fosters greater collaboration between the business and…
Today, more than ever, government agencies need to ensure that money is spent wisely and correctly. In this article, you’ll learn how Software AG’s webMethods Integration Platform assists agencies with waste, fraud, and abuse. Using unemployment claims processing as an example, I’ll describe how existing processes can be quickly and easily adapted to save money…
The Department of Defense (DoD) — the federal government’s largest agency and the country’s largest employer — collects a nearly incalculable amount of data. There’s business analytics and decision support data, acquisitions, logistics and financial transaction data, and operational data ranging from reimbursement rates associated with Army Ground vehicles to data for Joint All Domain…
What does data mean to the United States Department of Defense? Everything. In 2019, the DoD made the decision to transform into a data-centric organization in order to better use data for a variety of goals, from better preparedness and improved battlefield outcomes to more efficient operations and procurement. The DoD recognized the importance of…
WashingtonExec writer, Amanda Ziadeh, spoke with Ian Thompson, Federal Civilian Vice President of Software AG Government Solutions, and discussed the current objectives driving federal agencies to manage and understand their application portfolios. During the interview, they considered some of the challenges that agencies face in their application rationalization initiative, how successful federal agencies have started…
In August of 2020, WashingtonExec senior reporter, Amanda Ziadeh, sat down with Tod Weber, CEO of Software AG Government Solutions, to discuss their real-time Government Integration Hub and how it is being used across federal, state, and local government to support emergency responses. We’ve rounded up the top three reasons why your agency or organization…