Emerging Tech
Video: Inside the Medieval City Where the Future of Computing Is Built
Move over, Silicon Valley: These 2,300 researchers are responsible for your favorite gadgets of tomorrow.
Cybersecurity
How should the Pentagon confront civil cyber emergencies?
Defense Department has plans for cooperating with civil authorities for myriad security situations, but lacks specific guidance when it comes to cyber incidents according to a government watchdog.
Modernization
Next steps in the evolution of software development
Continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment and DevOps promise to automate and strengthen development methodologies.
Cybersecurity
Capacity building 'critical' for cybersecurity, says State official
State Department official Chris Painter backs capacity building to sustain the progress made on the administration's International Strategy for Cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers mull full command status for Cyber Command
The move would acknowledge the maturation of the five-year-old command as it supports U.S. operations against Islamic State and other high-level missions.
Modernization
NOAA is Hosting More Weather Data in the Cloud
By making a large data set available in the cloud, the agency was able to free up bandwidth and resources on constrained, legacy systems.
Modernization
From Phonographs to iPhones: An American History of Gadget-Buying
As seen in seven decades of government statistics.
Cybersecurity
What agency security chiefs want from the federal CISO
Security leaders said the upcoming federal CISO should be willing to collaborate, build on the ideas they've been brewing and give them greater influence in federal circles.
Digital Government
Comment flood slams federal website
A sudden burst of interest in copyright law threatened to take down Regulations.gov and, activists worried, keep people's voices from being heard.
Modernization
Can government tech compete with Uber and Netflix?
Given the public's increasing expectations for government services to be available from anywhere, agencies might have to ditch incremental change in favor of transformation.
Cybersecurity
Military Commands Tussle Over Cyber Power
The Pentagon said it plans to sort out the org chart.
Digital Government
We’re Closer to a Future Where We Can 3-D Print Anything
We were promised sneakers and dinner at the push of a button, and instead we got tchotchkes.
Digital Government
With Job Website, Spy Agencies Try to Reach Younger Applicants
The intelligence community’s new website includes a “job exploration” function that tells high school students how to get involved in government work.
Digital Government
How the West Wing Got New Wi-Fi
First, workers had to remove 13,000 lbs of unused cables left inside the White House walls from previous upgrade efforts over the years.
Emerging Tech
Video: An Inflatable Bouncy Castle in Space
This gives new meaning to the term "Moon Bounce."
Digital Government
Nextgov's Aliya Sternstein Wins Award for OPM Hack Coverage
The awards are also known as "the Pulitzer Prize of business media."
Cybersecurity
DHS sets privacy rules for mobile apps
The guidelines require DHS mobile apps to have a privacy policy that is accessible to users before and after installation of the app.
Digital Government
DHS issues solicitation for Security Operations Center
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a solicitation for a suite of cyber tools to better protect the agency’s own networks.
Cybersecurity
DOD wants tools to support cyberstrategy
In June or July, the Defense Department's Rapid Reaction Technology Office plans to host a pitch session with firms capable of providing a suite of sophisticated IT security capabilities.
Cybersecurity