Modernization
Most federal IT funding expected to escape super committee's knife
Industry leaders say the need to upgrade and secure networks will not diminish, and may even accelerate.
Modernization
Android is expected to soon win approval for use on military networks
Certification for unclassified Defense networks is predicted by year's end, for Secret networks by April 2012.
Modernization
DISA eyes tablets and smartphones for Europe, Mideast and Africa
Planned procurement is viewed as endorsement of Apple and Google products for eventual global use.
Digital Government
NASA quickly fills chief technologist slot
The space agency appoints Cornell's Martin Peck a month after his predecessor, also an academic, returned to teaching.
Cybersecurity
Corporate Intelligence
More businesses want access to classified information about threats to vital networks.
Cybersecurity
U.S. satellite breaches may be linked to China
NASA and USGS referred several suspicious events in 2007 and 2008 to the Pentagon, which investigates interference with satellite operations.
Modernization
Defense cyber chief: The cloud is the military's next Internet
Computers and programs must be linked to a central, remote environment that aligns security departmentwide, Cyber Command leader Keith Alexander says.
Modernization
VA plans government's largest tablet computer deployment
Up to 100,000 devices will be managed through a vendor-operated cloud computing center.
Modernization