Modernization

DOT seeks ideas on certifying connected vehicles

Better communication could help prevent crashes, improve traffic flow and share information on weather and road conditions.

People

How business-led IT changes the game

As other departments increase their technology spending, IT leaders can reap the benefits for the entire agency by following these five steps.

Cybersecurity

DOD and climate, Anonymous threats, cyber NATO and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Achieving enterprise security to support agency services

Dan Chenok and John Lainhart explain why CDM is set to play a central role.

Emerging Tech

ISIS Opponents Take Aim at Its Online Presence

Groups as different as Anonymous and the U.S. government are taking the fight to ISIS on the Internet.

Digital Government

Spy Agencies Disclose Data on 'Backdoor' Spying of Americans

NSA, CIA release the numbers of Americans searched under a controversial foreign-surveillance program in 2013.

Cybersecurity

The Downside of Not Exhausting a $6 Billion Cyber Contract

Agencies are partially taking advantage of a bulk-price deal to automate network threat-tracking.

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

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

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.