Emerging Tech
The ‘Instant’ Internet of 2035: Virtual Worlds, Self-Driving Cars and Online Doctor’s Visits
The next generation of wireless devices could change everything.
Acquisition
Top Navy official asks Congress to strip out acquisition regulations
The new Congress should focus reform efforts on doing away with existing regulations rather than adding new ones, says the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition.
Digital Government
IBM, Epic already prepping for military EHR work
Though DOD is months away from making an award in its $11 billion electronic health record contract, IBM and health record partner Epic are readying plans to transform the way the military provides health care to service members and families.
Modernization
Why Kenya is 10 Years Ahead of the US on Mobile Payments
How “good enough” gets in the way of innovation.
Cybersecurity
IG says Border Patrol drones not effective
CBP leadership contends that the inspector general’s criticism is too simplistic a way to look at the efficacy of border technology.
Acquisition
Cyber Command turns to industry for solutions
A draft RFP is aimed at streamlining support for Defense Department information networks.
People
Why Congress should look back before charging ahead
FITARA has the potential to force real change, Alan Balutis writes -- but not if legislators take their eyes off the ball on implementation.
Modernization
Super categories, supercomputers, analytics acquisitions and Microsoft clouds
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Kim Jong-un’s Operating System Now Available in the Free World
Government (Foreign) // Pyongyang, North Korea
Digital Government
Inspectors Warn: Scrap Proposed $443 Million Border Drone Surge
U.S. unmanned jets fielded to catch border trespassers have not proved their worth and DHS is lowballing cost estimates, the watchdog reported.
Cybersecurity
Sony Hack Signals ‘New Normal’ in Cybersecurity
The attack on the entertainment conglomerate illustrates the cold reality of the cybersecurity landscape today: It’s likely to get worse before it gets better.
Cybersecurity
US Digital Service Hauled in to Shore up White House Security After Hack
The U.S. Digital Service -- the newly minted federal IT fix-it shop headed by former Google engineer Mikey Dickerson -- has been dispatched to look at shoring up security on the White House networks.
Digital Government
Report: Air Force Drone Program at ‘Breaking Point’
The force has enough drones, but so few pilots that it may not be able to fulfill the growing demand for air patrols.
Emerging Tech
This is What Happens When High Schoolers Build Robots
A tournament for tech leaders of the future is rooted in traditions of the past.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Wants ‘Real Roadmap’ To Artificial Intelligence
Should we be afraid of AI? The military wants a real answer by the end of 2015.
Cybersecurity
USPS breach wider than first reported
Medical records of as many as 485,000 employees might also have been exposed, in cases reaching back to 1980.
Cybersecurity
FCC complaint portal, KeyPoint inquiry and a child-porn sentencing
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
The measure of all things
A Commerce Department advisory council hopes to quantify innovation and measure the effectiveness of incubators and federal grants.
Cybersecurity