Modernization
How VA's $36 million move to the cloud evaporated
The Department of Veterans Affairs IT shop scuttled a long-planned cloud deal because of worries about email retention and security concerns.
Digital Government
Cyber Workforce Honor Roll
Feds' achievements honored at info-sec leadership awards.
Modernization
Faster CDM, the global cloud, a $917M 'Space Fence' and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
The Future of Mobile Phones Doesn’t Include Phone Calls
Voice traffic on mobile networks will peak in 2015, then revert back to around 2011 levels by 2019.
Digital Government
NASA Reveals Unprecedented Image of Deep Space
The image draws on nine year's worth of shots taken by the Hubble Telescope.
Cybersecurity
The cost of compliance
Reacting to data security problems is costlier than taking steps to avoid them, a new report says.
Digital Government
Judge Doubts NSA Program Is Constitutional—but Upholds It Anyway
An Idaho federal judge urges the Supreme Court to address the spying controversy.
Modernization
Dealing with the FedRAMP deadline
A day ahead of GSA's deadline for cloud service providers to be certified, both government and vendors say they have seen an evolution in attitudes and strategies.
Cybersecurity
NSA employs ever-improving facial-recognition technology
The National Security Agency’s revelation highlights the growing sophistication of facial-recognition tools available to government.
People
McClure: 'Definitely, I'm not done yet'
Jokes and praise abound at the goodbye bash for GSA exec.
Cybersecurity
Man who accessed Paris Hilton’s cell phone is sentenced for a different offense – hacking cops
Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // United States
Modernization
Edward Snowden: I Had More Access Than Almost Any Other Official in the Intelligence Community
The man responsible for leaking classified National Security Agency documents says he wasn't just "some low-level employee."
Digital Government
NSA Chief Denies (Intentionally) Spying on Americans' Faces
Mike Rogers confirms the agency has a facial-recognition program targeting foreigners.
Modernization
CFTC mulls retooling market surveillance for high-frequency trading
An alphabet soup of regulators collect data on financial transactions, but a universal eye into markets is still on the drawing board.
Digital Government
Health IT hub, open gov at OSTP, a regulatory dashboard and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Senate panel OKs $51 billion for Commerce, Justice, Science
An early look shows broad agreement between House and Senate appropriators, but some battles still loom over the details of tech policy.
Modernization
Marine Corps Finds Pentagon’s Mobile Plan is No Bargain
Without a cheaper commercial alternative, it will be too costly to put more smartphones and tablets in the hands of Marines.
Cybersecurity
NSA director: Detection trumps prevention
Because keeping cyber intruders out is increasingly difficult, the focus should be on finding them quickly and assessing the threat, says Adm. Michael Rogers.
Digital Government
What Google Lacks in Diversity It Makes Up for in Salaries
Federal agencies don't even make it onto the salary list that Google tops.
Cybersecurity