Digital Government

Outgoing federal CIO speculates on his legacy

Kundra lists data center consolidation and push for cloud computing as two of his greatest accomplishments.

Digital Government

Mapping Human Terrain

Intelligence analysts are tracking the potential for poverty, extremism and pandemic disease to predict the next national security crisis.

Digital Government

VA to expand health data exchange in September

Program allowing Defense, VA and private sector providers to share information will be tested in 11 regions, up from five.

Modernization

DISA pitches cloud email for all of Defense

System developed for the Army could serve 4.5 million Pentagon accounts.

Cybersecurity

Threat of destructive coding on foreign-manufactured technology is real

High-ranking cybersecurity official confirms security loopholes embedded in product parts shipped to the United States.

Cybersecurity

Lessons from Estonia: Preparing for a major cyberattack

The wired Baltic nation has become a proving ground for attackers as well as an intellectual center for rethinking cybersecurity, says Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

Modernization

USAID cellphone program aims to enhance Afghan media

Mobile Khabar project would disseminate newspaper and radio stories nationally and foster a cadre of audio bloggers.

Modernization

IT industry delivers advice on streamlining agency finance systems

Controller Werfel welcomes report's recommendations on shortening timelines for modernization.

Modernization

Supreme Court to consider government's warrantless GPS tracking

Current surveillance laws do not regulate law enforcement's access to geolocational information.

Digital Government

VA taps little known small business to spearhead next-generation electronic health record

The Informatics Applications Group will serve as the gatekeeper for open source software used by Veterans Affairs and Defense departments.