Build a better: Gov-tech Infrastructure


[1] A. J. Dellinger,  Out-of-date computer systems cost the U.S. government over $300 million per year to maintain. Mic. June 17, 2019, https://www.mic.com/p/out-of-date-computer-systems-cost-the-us-government-over-300-million-per-year-to-maintain-18007754

[2] United States Government Accountability Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, Agencies Need to Develop Modernization Plans for Critical Legacy Systems, GAO Report to Congressional Requesters, June 2019, https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/699616.pdf.

[3] IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Study, IBM Security, 2020, https://www.ibm.com/security/data-breach

[4] Ellen Nakashima & Craig Timberg, , Russian Government Hackers are Behind a Broad Espionage Campaign that has Compromised U.S. Agencies, Including Treasury and Commerce, December 14, 2020. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-government-spies-are-behind-a-broad-hacking-campaign-that-has-breached-us-agencies-and-a-top-cyber-firm/2020/12/13/d5a53b88-3d7d-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html

[5] Supra, n. 1.

[6] Jack Moore,Here Are 10 of the Oldest IT Systems in the Federal Government. Nextgov.com, May 25, 2016. https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2016/05/10-oldest-it-systems-federal-government/128599/ 

[7] Mario Trujillo, Five of the Most Outdated IT System[s] in the Government, TheHill, May 31, 2016. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/281560-five-of-the-most-outdated-it-system-in-the-government

[8] Supra, n. 1.

[9] Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press, Government Wastes Billions of Dollars on Old Computers, Report Says, PBS NewsHour, May 26, 2016. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/government-wastes-billions-of-dollars-on-old-computers-report-says.

[10] Fred Barbash,  Hawaii Missile Mess: That Was No ‘Wrong Button.’ Take a Look. Washington Post, January 16, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/16/that-was-no-wrong-button-in-hawaii-take-a-look/.

[11] Megan Geuss, The Interface to Send Out a Missile Alert in Hawaii is Slightly Less Bad [Updated], Ars Technica, January 17, 2018. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/the-interface-to-send-out-a-missile-alert-in-hawaii-is-as-expected-quite-bad/.

[12] Senate RPC, Modernizing Government Information Technology, May 15, 2020, Republican Party Conference: Policy Papers. https://www.rpc.senate.gov/policy-papers/modernizing-government-information-technology-.

[13] Todd Stanton, Top 5 Risks of Using Outdated Technology, April 14, 2016,Meridian Blog. https://www.whymeridian.com/blog/top-5-risks-of-using-outdated-technology.

[14] Andrew Yang et al,  Department of Technology, Friends of Andrew Yang, Available (online) February 9, 2021. /. https://2020.yang2020.com/policies/regulating-ai-emerging-technologies/.

[15] Nextgov & Defense One, Roadmap to Modernization, GovExec.com, Available (online) February 9, 2021, https://www.govexec.com/feature/roadmap-to-modernization/.

[16] Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President (Archived.),, Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People, United States National Archives and Records Administration, , Available (online) February 9, 2021. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/egov/digital-government/digital-government.html.

[17] Andrew Keen, Where in the World will you Find the Most Advanced -Government? Estonia. Ideas.Ted.Com, March 15, 2018. https://ideas.ted.com/where-in-the-world-will-you-find-the-most-advanced-e-government-estonia/.

[18] Supra, n. 1.