Acquisition
More SEWP V vendors, DOD cloud pilots, NSF data projects and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
FEMA logistics management system falls short
An IG report says the system does not communicate well with those of FEMA partners, making it difficult to track supplies for disaster relief.
People
Risky business
SBA's innovation office invests in solutions to problems that don't yet exist – like the 2007 seed funding for research into an effective Ebola treatment.
People
It's too soon to abandon CIOs
Alan Balutis argues we should let CIOs perform as the Clinger-Cohen Act intended before reinventing the role yet again.
Digital Government
NOAA taps NASA satellite manager for NESDIS
Stephen Volz will shepherd programs to build and launch the next generation of environmental satellites.
People
Collaborating across organizations -- practice makes perfect
Recent research supports what economists have long argued: Sustained collaboration adds real value, but you have to work at it!
Modernization
There’s a Good Chance You’re Reading This on a Damaged Mobile Device
Forty-eight percent of smartphone users report they are currently using a damaged device.
Emerging Tech
Video: What Crazy Tech Idea Could Become Real?
Thought-based communication? It could happen.
Cybersecurity
Police Around the Country Are Distributing Software That Makes It Easier to Hack Your Computer
ComputerCOP is intended to protect children from predators lurking on the Internet, but an investigation finds the program actually makes computers more vulnerable to abuse.
Cybersecurity
Army Network Hacked By Gamers Seeking Apache Helicopter Simulator
$100M worth of proprietary data on Xbox, Call of Duty, and other entertainment poached.
Ideas
From Off-the-Rack to Off-the-Shelf: What the Federal IT Community Can Learn from New York Fashion Week
The fashion industry grasps the importance of leveraging brands unlike any other industry. The federal IT community should take note.
Digital Government
Navy Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Nuclear Sub Force
Nautilus was commissioned Sept. 30, 1954.
Emerging Tech
Why a Refrigerator-Sized Spacecraft Could be Humanity’s Best Hope Against Solar Storms
A refrigerator-sized spacecraft will give scientists advance notice of a solar storm affecting Earth.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog: Don’t Rule Out Organic Kitty Litter as Culprit in Nuclear Waste Radiation Leak
DOE IG says Los Alamos Lab did not assess chemical incompatibility problems.
Cybersecurity
Intel chairman: We need more cyber offense
House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers picks up the trail of an ongoing dialogue between Congress and Cyber Command on the role of offense in U.S. cyber policy.
Acquisition
NASA names SEWP V winners
The government-wide IT contract's final awards were put off a month as NASA waded through 233 proposals.
Modernization