While it’s becoming the toast of the town in commercial IT circles, blockchain technology is just making its breakthrough in the federal government. Admittedly confusing (largely because it’s a comparatively new technology known to most through the Bitcoin application), government agencies are putting their doubts aside. Instead, they are leaning in to blockchain as a secure, decentralized and interoperable solution touted to reduce costs – all key drivers in IT procurement across the Fed.  

The federal government can be slow to act in embracing technology (witness the lag time in cloud adoption between the private and public sectors). In blockchain’s case things are moving with all the quickness our risk-averse government can muster.