Ideas

How Agencies Can Shift From Reactive to Proactive Insider Threat Defense

Smarter tools and rules can help keep agencies on top of what's happening on their networks.

Modernization

Cerner looks to government for growth

Health record software provider Cerner is poised to capitalize on gains in the government market.

Digital Government

Facebook’s Workplace Is Gaining Ground as it Prepares to Pounce on Slack

Facebook has started crawling into the last space in your life it hasn’t yet dominated.

Modernization

SBA CIO is 'burning bridges' to push modernization

Small Business Administration CIO Maria Roat said 2018 is all about consolidation and getting federal staff comfortable with ongoing cloud migration.

Cybersecurity

The Latest Ransomware Presents Itself as an Adobe Flash Player Download

The strain is known as Bad Rabbit.

Emerging Tech

Drone Delivery is One Step Closer with Trump Pilot Program

The Transportation Department and Federal Aviation Administration will allow state and local governments to set up drone innovation zones.

Digital Government

Twitter Bans Ads From Russian Media

The tech company cited a report from the intelligence community in their decision.

Modernization

Federal Data Center Spending Climbing Despite Reduction Efforts

IDC predicts slow growth over the next few years.

Modernization

Massive Classified NSA Contract Under Protest

The second part of the National Security Agency's Groundbreaker IT is on hold.

Policy

Could FedRAMP Approvals Be Used to Buy All Government Technology?

The New Democrats Coalition pushes the government to adopt shared technology certifications and a national breach notification standard.

Digital Government

Trump tells FAA to move faster on drone traffic control

The administration has issued new mandates for accelerating the integration of unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace.

Modernization

The Invention That Turned Our Phones Into Cameras Was Originally Developed by NASA for Space Travel

“Smartphones were not on the radar initially at all."

Digital Government

Trump Picks Homeland Security CIO from Defense Department

John Zangardi was serving as the Defense acting CIO.

Emerging Tech

Why Computers Should Be Hidden

A luxury bicycle computer forecasts a welcome future of humble, embedded systems.

Digital Government

FCC, Congress Feud Over Media Ownership Loophole

Split down party lines, legislators and FCC commissioners fought over media mergers and net neutrality during an oversight hearing.  

People

Congress passes budget plan without steep cuts to federal retirement plans

The House narrowly approved a budget blueprint that omitted deep cuts to federal retirement benefits initially sought by conservatives on Capitol Hill.

Cybersecurity

Can dark fiber help secure the energy grid?

Sen. Bill Cassidy is interested in the possibility of legislation to support an isolated networks that can conceal and protect the electric grid.

Modernization

Front-Facing Cameras Were Never Intended for Selfies

Developers had something else in mind.

Digital Government

Some states look to feds for help replacing old voting equipment

A group of Democratic lawmakers heard from advocates for federal help in refreshing obsolete voting tech.