Modernization
What Do US Intelligence Agencies and Netflix Have in Common? Both are Amazon Cloud Customers
It’s been almost a year since Amazon Web Services stood up a cloud computing infrastructure for the 17 agencies within the intelligence community.
Emerging Tech
Project Sidekick is About to Bring Holograms into Space
Astronauts aboard the ISS will soon have a new way of looking at things.
Digital Government
DHS Restructures CIO Office
The reorganization is to "consolidate all service delivery functions" and "implement a newly revised governance framework," among other goals.
Modernization
E-Government Successes: In Singapore, It Takes Just Minutes to File Your Taxes
The island nation has recently started launching a wave of innovative e-government programs.
Cybersecurity
McCain Lays Into OPM Director Over Data Breaches
The head of the Office of Personnel Management faced a third consecutive day of intense questioning over her handling of a series of data breaches last year.
Acquisition
Eagerly awaited agile BPA is delayed
18F's novel agile procurement attempt is pushed back while the agency works to answer all the vendor questions pouring in.
Digital Government
CFPB's complaint database, FCC's IBM cloud and Graves' promotion
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Study tackles DOD acquisition riddle
Use all funding options to get cutting-edge technologies into the hands of soldiers faster, says a new CSIS study.
Modernization
Planning, procurement and purchasing the cloud: A primer
Acquisition can be the sharp hidden shoal that scuttles federal agencies' move to the cloud.
Modernization
Turns out these walls can talk
Linking buildings to monitoring systems is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and GSA is hoping to use the IoT to cut costs and boost energy efficiency.
People
Agile development requires agile developers
Focus on the people today if you want agile to succeed tomorrow, argues Lawrence Fitzpatrick.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak Canadian Officials’ Creds to Protest Surveillance Legislation
Government (Foreign) // Transportation // Canada
Digital Government
Soon, We’ll Be Able to Control Robot Limbs With Our Minds, Like Luke Skywalker
In 2014, a robot arm that connects into the electrical activity in muscles was approved for commercial sale by the Food and Drug Administration.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Newest Robot is Part Ape, Part Machine
A disaster-response robot for here on Earth.
Digital Government
TSA Wants to Tweet with Travelers
The DHS agency is looking for sources for a social media management contract.
Ideas
Post-OPM Hack, An Opportunity to Retool Encryption
Redefining encryption in a more holistic manner can be done with the proper technologies and policies in place – even for something as old as a COBOL legacy.
Digital Government
Pentagon hopes single service provider will deliver
The DOD is looking for its transition to a single service provider for IT services to yield benefits in efficiency and scale.
Emerging Tech
The First Small Step on Mars Won’t Be Made by Humans, But by Robots
The U.S. space agency wants to use its R5 Valkyrie robot to explore the surface of Mars.
Cybersecurity