Accenture Federal Services’ Dave McClure: Data, Computing Capacity Drive Gov’t Tech Modernization

Dave McClure, principal director and CIO advisory lead at Accenture Federal Services, has said the availability of more data, the increasing computing capacity and the software environment are some of the factors driving the pace of technology modernization in the government, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.

“And you combine all three of these together, and it creates an accelerated path for modernization that we just simply have never had before in government,” McClure said at a WBJ-hosted forum.

McClure shared his observations on some changes in the field of cybersecurity and discussed how artificial intelligence and other technologies impact agency’s missions and operations.

Other panelists who participated in the forum include Dan Helfrich, government and public services leader at Deloitte Consulting; Bob Kipps, managing director of KippsDeSanto & Co.; Robin Portman, CEO of Atlas Research; Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Octo Consulting; and Lena Trudeau, CEO of U.Group.