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
Why Cyber War Is Dangerous for Democracies
The most worrying form of government spying isn’t the kind Edward Snowden exposed.
Cybersecurity
IT tools can help declassification backlog, but is there funding?
Three pilot projects designed to prove out the software-based analysis concept have convinced members of the Public Interest Declassification Board that some level of automation can be introduced into the declassification process.
Modernization
Navy paying millions for Windows XP, other dated products
The Navy has awarded a $9.1 million contract to Microsoft for dated products including Windows XP, which the firm stopped providing updates for over a year ago.
Cybersecurity
Einstein the only winner from another flaying of OPM on the Hill
A key lawmaker said he is readying fresh legislation to accelerate the cyber detection program.
Modernization
Potential users talk EIS contract
Federal IT and network managers discussed their work to transition to GSA's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract at a June 25 ACT-IAC panel.
Modernization