Emerging Tech
You’ve Heard of the Internet of Things. Here’s What Comes Next.
The industrial revolution is coming to the Internet of Things, and it has the potential to really change the world.
Digital Government
Pentagon Won't Hit Own Goals for Closing Data Centers
The Defense Department is only on track to close about 44 percent of its data centers. Its goal for the 2018 fiscal year was 60 percent.
Digital Government
FITARA’s Growing Pains: CIOs Raise Concerns
Boosting the authority of agency CIOs when it comes to overseeing IT spending and contracting is one of the key aims of the law -- but it will take some time
Digital Government
2 Out of 3 Developers Are Self-Taught
The answers of the 56,000 people who responded to a recent survey hint at what’s next for technology.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Agencies Reported 321 Cases of Potential Ransomware
In all cases, the "ransomware" infections were neutralized without agencies having to pay up.
Digital Government
Report: Feds Say Data Centers in Danger of Becoming Obsolete
Only 11 percent of l IT managers in a new survey say they believe their agency’s data centers currently meet mission demand.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Over 300 incidents of ransomware on federal networks since June
Two prominent senators had asked the departments of Justice and Homeland Security about the spread of ransomware, which encrypts a computer user’s data until hackers are paid off, usually in the form of a difficult-to-trace crypto-currency.
Emerging Tech
Internet in Space Is About as Slow as Dial-Up
Mankind put a human being on the moon in 1969. In 2016, you can easily watch compelling footage of the space adventure online … that is, unless you’re actually in space.
Modernization
IG: DOD behind on data centers
Consolidating data centers to save money has been a signature initiative of Defense Department CIO Terry Halvorsen, but the DOD inspector general says the department is lagging.
Digital Government
Crowdsourcing the price of everything
To break away from manual price data collection and get a more granular, useful picture of the American economy, the BLS might look to tech being deployed in the developing world.
Digital Government
DOD's Work: Automated data can help beat ISIS
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work recently returned from Silicon Valley, where he met with an analytics firm that can ingest open-source data and turn it into national security insights.
Modernization
White House pushes Congress to pass $3.1B IT modernization fund
The White House is preparing to send Congress more details on its plan for a revolving $3.1 billion IT modernization fund after the House Budget Committee failed to include the measure in the 2017 budget resolution.
Modernization
Agency IT managers welcome FedRAMP changes
Top federal IT managers and cloud management experts say recent changes to the FedRAMP program could make life easier.
Digital Government
Pentagon Extends Deadline for $17.5B IT Deal
The contract is primarily designed to help the Pentagon modernize its IT infrastructure under the Joint Information Environment.
Cybersecurity
1 in 5 Employees Would Sell Their Work Passwords, Some for Less Than $100
This one worrying news for those concerned about organizational security
Digital Government
Pentagon CIO Wants Congress to Make it Easier to Bring in Tech Talent
One of the biggest tech challenges facing the department is retaining the IT workforce, says Terry Halvorsen.
Modernization
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Internet of Things?
A discussion about one of the most exciting and alarming technology trends.
Modernization