Government Technology Review — Page 4

Civic tech startups are reshaping how governments deliver services to residents.

Resident-centered design deliberately includes non-citizens in government services equity.

Fixed-price contracts lock in scope too early, driving cost overruns and project failures.

Understanding the Rule of Two unlocks federal IT contracts for small firms.

Poor RFP design filters out innovative vendors before agencies even read their proposals.

Agencies can bypass competitive bidding by using pre-awarded cooperative contracts.

Mismatching the FAR authority to the facts is among the most reliable ways to lose a protest.

Why "best value" procurement often defaults to lowest price, locking out innovation.

Agencies lose billions to hidden lock-in across data, platforms, contracts, and operations.

States waste billions maintaining decades-old systems instead of replacing them.

Agencies must architect zero trust around principles, not tools, to avoid costly security theater.