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The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is set to enhance and modernise its business applications, with over 70 enterprise applications.<\/p>\n

Accenture Federal Services will be dependant on agile methodologies and DevOps practices, in order to meet the goals of the US$64 million contract. To help improve the apps, Transportation Security Administration will be using some core IT services, provided by AFS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis contract demonstrates the strong partnership between AFS and the TSA,\u201d said Kate Abrey, who leads AFS\u2019 work with the TSA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe provide agile support services across the US government for numerous other agencies, with wide-ranging missions. We’re pleased to be able to use this approach to help the TSA modernise its technology infrastructure, create value faster and respond more readily to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

An email stated that the contract has a \u201cone-year base and three one-year options,\u201d with the target to upgrade TSA apps, provide IT services and to help provide quicker value and responds.<\/p>\n

Like other organisations, TSA battles to keep a healthy balance between efficiency and security; hopefully the agile approach with help TSA manage its systems better.<\/p>\n

Edited from press release by Leah Alger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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