06/25/2026
For those who work alongside federal mission owners every day, the persistence of fragmentation reflects something more fundamental – a structural byproduct of programs, missions, and mandates that have expanded independently over time, layering systems and workflows that were never designed to connect.
The pace of technological change has added to this challenge.
As new tech emerges, agencies sometimes adopt mission by mission, creating layers of systems that weren't designed to work together. The result is an enterprise where data doesn't move freely and systems may not communicate with each other: https://ow.ly/vnS250ZgSVb