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.

Modernization

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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

Futures regulators want smartphone hacking device

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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

Cloud, telework and security to top IT budgets in 2012

Analysts predict most new technology contracts will be associated with ongoing, multiyear programs.