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