Modernization
DISA looking for info on cloud-based military email
An RFI outlines the parameters for moving the Pentagon's unclassified email system to the cloud.
People
How decision modeling can make for better government
Business decision logic is a type of data, and it's time agencies started treating it that way.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Wants Boeing to Test a Brain Chip in Firm’s Self-Destructing 'Black' Spyphone
The secret sauce of the mobile device is a so-called neuromorphic computer chip that imitates human learning,
Cybersecurity
Federal Cybersecurity Second Only to Finance Industry, New Report Says
Despite the OPM hack, federal cybersecurity isn't so bad -- especially compared to the education industry.
Digital Government
HHS Focuses on Flexibility in New Health IT Plan
HHS' final Federal Health IT Strategic Plan leaves room for the unknown, according to health IT chief Karen DeSalvo.
Cybersecurity
Some Legacy IT in Government Is so Old, It’s 'Indefensible,’ Official Says
Security remains a “bolt-on” rather than embedded into many IT systems.
Digital Government
Video: New Version of Microsoft Word Allows You to Skype with Collaborators
Your favorite Office programs are getting more social.
Modernization
Pentagon to Industry: How Should We Do Cloud-Based Email for 1.6 Million Employees?
The Pentagon’s next-generation unclassified email system may exist entirely in the cloud.
Emerging Tech
The End Is Nigh: Robots and Drones Are Working Together
The robot uprising seems to be closer every day.
Digital Government
Chinese President Xi Met With Tech Executives in Seattle. Here's What He Wants
This will set the tone for his trip to Washington later this week.
Digital Government
Volkswagen Admits Its Cheating Software Is in 11 Million Cars Worldwide
“We have totally screwed up.” That was the frank assessment of a Volkswagen executive in the U.S., coming clean about the German carmaker’s burgeoning emissions-cheating scandal.
Modernization
Four years on, Army common operating environment takes shape
Army IT personnel are using code to integrate C2 nodes into a common architecture that is the backbone of the sensor computing part of the COE.
Acquisition
A neglected casualty of a government shutdown
It can be tough for contractors to recover from a shutdown, which has broad implications for the effectiveness of agencies' IT operations.
Digital Government
Agency Data Chiefs on the Move -- Some Out of Government
A handful of data chiefs have packed up and left their agencies -- or government altogether.
People
NTSB looking for a new CIO
A posting on USAJobs for the Senior Executive Service position lists a salary range of $121,956 to $183,300.
Cybersecurity
'We don't have a way to code good guy'
A "magical rainbow unicorn key" for encrypted devices may be what law enforcement wants, but such access could mean bad actors would also have access to data, privacy activists argue.
Emerging Tech
Federal Researchers Want to Untangle Internet of Things
From fitness bracelets to driverless cars, IoT manufacturers need a common language.
Modernization
Connecting the cyber and the physical
NIST is looking for feedback on its evolving framework for systems that connect the real world and the computer world.
Digital Government
Senators Drop Bid to Force Facebook, Twitter to Report 'Terrorist Activity'
Ron Wyden was blocking a vote on an intelligence bill over the controversial provision.
Digital Government