Digital Government
Oracle Protests $427 Million DISA Cloud Storage Contract
The pre-award protest is for the Enterprise Storage Services II, currently held by VION Corp.
Digital Government
Cat Litter's Role in Nuclear Leak Still Unproven
Labs fail to replicate the reaction hypothesized to have ruptured a storage drum.
Digital Government
Inside the Hidden World of Offline Auctions for Online Property
You might expect internet domain names—the basis of any website address you visit—to be sold on, well, the internet.
Ideas
Why the Hybrid Cloud Is on the Federal Horizon
Here are a few tenets that should be a part of any hybrid cloud solution.
Digital Government
I Broke the Army’s Rules and Won a Medal in Iraq—for Coding
As a programmer, I found a way to make my job more efficient.
Digital Government
We're Not Ready for a Federal Robotics Department
The U.S. government, an insider argues, is ill-equipped for a world of automated warfare.
Emerging Tech
Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment
It was probably legal. But was it ethical?
Cybersecurity
Social services employee stole clients’ data to commit tax fraud
Healthcare and Public Health // Oregon, United States
Digital Government
NASA’s JPL Is the Only Agency on a New Top IT Employer List
Should your agency have ranked?
People
How FITARA can fix the federal government's IT problem
Empowering a much smaller set of CIOs would set the stage for agency innovation.
People
Obama's pick to lead the VA led a private-sector digital revolution
As CEO of Procter & Gamble, Bob McDonald worked to transform marketing and operations using technology, and to create digital literacy standards within the executive ranks.
Digital Government
Are Agencies Making the Grade in Data Center Consolidation?
Four years after the governmentwide effort to consolidate data centers, the number of data centers either remains the same or has spiked, a survey finds.
Cybersecurity
Streamlining storage, an Adobe CTO, a China cyber offer and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Trent Janda: Making electronic medical records a reality
The Coast Guard is poised to begin deploying its Integrated Health Information System, thanks in large part to the drive of the service's chief medical information officer.
Emerging Tech
New Facility Will Rehearse Foreigner Iris and Facial Recognition at Airport Exits
Late 2015, DHS will deploy biometric tech to track visa overstays at a major U.S. airport.
Digital Government
What an Empowered CIO Can Bring to the Cloud-Savings Table
How a debate in Congress could play out at agencies.
Cybersecurity
A New Cybersecurity Bill Could Give the NSA Even More Data
Privacy groups are rallying opposition to the Senate legislation.
Digital Government
Greenpeace Spy Blimp Spies on NSA Spy Center
A 135-foot-long blimp flew over the agency’s Utah supercomputer compound to protest mass government surveillance.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Say ‘Yo, Musk,’ Poison AskMen.com, Cause iPhone Heartbleed Failure
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Modernization