Modernization
Border agency scouts for smartphone accessory to screen people and packages
Personnel would carry docking stations on their belts to scan fingerprints and travel documents.
Modernization
Marissa Mayer hints at plans for a Yahoo magic app
In her first public interview since becoming CEO, Mayer discusses the company's plans going forward.
Digital Government
Cisco takes on rogue suppliers with device to ID counterfeit parts
The computer equipment manufacturer has long struggled to keep agencies from installing Chinese-made bogus components.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Monday crackdown hits 132 websites
Immigration and Customs Enforcement targets alleged counterfeiters of trademarked goods.
Modernization
DISA boosts mobile management software buy to 300,000 licenses
System will let managers remotely ‘deliver, update and delete’ apps on employee devices.
Emerging Tech
The next niche market for solar? Drones—yes, drones
Very high efficiency, rugged solar panels could find their first markets outside the green demographics.
Emerging Tech
As Thanksgiving travelers head out, FAA flight status site goes down
Outage comes on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Modernization
Medicare awards up to $15 billion for data centers
CMS move is part of a governmentwide push to reform IT spending.
Cybersecurity
Reddit is literally writing our laws now
Rep. Zoe Lofgren hopes to enlist the power of the crowd to write new Internet laws.
Digital Government
Debunked Facebook-Yahoo search rumor begets a Facebook-Yahoo-Microsoft search rumor
Rumors that the three tech companies may partner up continue to swirl.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity bill falls short in Senate, again
Lack of action sets stage for an executive order implementing new policies.
Modernization
Twelve-year, $430 million effort fails to get DHS radio users on the same frequency
Only one employee tested knew how to tune into the channel.
Modernization
VA plans to move 600,000 employees to cloud email
Agency will pay HP $36 million to manage the 5-year move to Microsoft’s cloud email.
Modernization
An Amazon engineer had a little idea that turned into a billion-dollar business
Amazon's Infrastructure as a Service was a gamble that has paid off
Digital Government
The places where America's drones are striking, now on Instagram
The rural pockets of Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan have never felt so close and so far away
Digital Government
The role of health professionals in detainee interrogation
A teenager tortured at Guantanamo, and the stalled legislation to ensure clinicians "first, do no harm"
Digital Government
DHS tries monitoring social media for signs of biological attacks
The $3 million yearlong test follows the July release of a White House strategy to modernize biosurveillance.
Digital Government