Modernization

Cloud Moves for IBM Target Civilian Government, Defense

'We already have a FedRAMP-compliant offering, but we wanted to up the game,' IBM says.

Emerging Tech

This Is What the ATM of the Future Looks Like

JPMorgan Chase’s consumer division, Chase Bank, is in the midst of introducing EBKs, or electronic banking kiosks.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Expanding the Way It Tracks You and Your Data

The social giant is digging into information from your smartphone and tracking the other websites you visit.

Digital Government

Where the innovation really happens

Cartoonist John Klossner peeks inside 18F.

Acquisition

FCC targets cyber role, NOAA inks IT deal, IBM eyes EHR and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

People

How agencies can accelerate innovation

GSA's 18F and similar programs promise to jump-start innovation efforts at agencies, and here are five ways to ensure their success.

Cybersecurity

CBP biometric test center set to open

The Maryland facility will test devices that record biometric data from travelers exiting the country.

Acquisition

Pentagon, Congress seek to avoid acquisition 'Groundhog Day'

Policymakers attempting to revamp how the military buys and manages weapons and IT systems will have to overcome bureaucratic inertia and the tendency of reform efforts to repeat themselves.

Modernization

A story that makes federal IT look good

Steve Kelman notes two important messages about agencies' ability to amplify their impact.

Cybersecurity

Diners at P.F. Chang’s Should Check Their Credit Card Statements

Financial Services // Food and Beverage

Digital Government

Weapons-Grade Uranium Not a Must for Nuclear Medicine, Dutch Figure Says

'It's not a matter of money,' Nederlof says. 'It's a matter of solving technical problems.'

Cybersecurity

Fake Dot-Gov Webmail Used in Phishing Scam to Hack EPA and Census Staff

Nigerian admits breaching employee email accounts to order agency office products that he then sold on the black market.

Ideas

Cybersecurity: We’ve Deluded Ourselves for Years

There's nothing new about the debate over exploiting cyber vulnerabilities rather than fixing them.

Digital Government

The World Cup Will Open With a Kick From a Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton

The goal is make exoskeletons commonplace, leaving wheelchairs rolling in the dust.

People

Money, promiscuous partnering and 'intrapreneurs'

ACT-IAC workshop explores what's really required for innovation in the public sector.

Emerging Tech

NASA's Supersonic Parachute Is Running Out of Time

Before humans can land on Mars, scientists have to wrestle with atmospheric conditions back home.

People

May leads NIST, Sandia explores scanning

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

House Intel chairman upbeat on cyber legislation

Rep. Mike Rogers says a better public understanding of cyber issues in the wake of the Snowden leaks would help push information-sharing proposals forward.

Digital Government

3D Printing ... with Nutella

A device has found a way to incorporate different forms of 'ink' all in the same nozzle of existing printers.