Acquisition
DOD aims to improve procurement communications
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Katrina McFarland tells industry that draft requirements could be shared earlier in the process.
Digital Government
Should every agency have an IG?
GAO says there are better alternatives for effective oversight of small agencies. Inspectors general, unsurprisingly, take a different view.
Digital Government
In-flight Wi-Fi for Con Air
The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System is bringing broadband to its planes.
Emerging Tech
How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper
The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.
Cybersecurity
Hackers ogled 500,000 consumer records at British boob job clinics
Healthcare and Public Health // UK
Digital Government
The Electronic-Medical-Records Email of the Day, No. 1
'Just as cars are not all the same, Electronic Medical Records vary greatly...'
Modernization
Amazon and Google Are Battling to Dominate the Cloud -- and Amazon May Already Have Won
Whatever the endgame, it could take decades to reach. In the meantime, this is a fight that rewards scale.
Modernization
FirstNet leader D'Agostino resigns
The general manager's departure comes as the First Responder Network Authority is in the process of developing a business plan and expanding its staff.
Modernization
DARPA explores drone-powered Wi-Fi
Research agency's program would put hotspots in the air to bring broadband to troops in the field -- much as Google is looking to do for consumers with its Titan Aerospace acquisition.
Emerging Tech
Get Ready to Pay for Things With Your Veins
Fingerprint scanners are so iPhone 5S. Up next: the geometry of the veins in your hands.
Emerging Tech
How to Generate Solar Power in the Dark
Meet 'photoswitches,' a breakthrough set of materials that act as their own batteries, absorbing energy and releasing it on demand.
Modernization
From the Cloud to Your Pentagon-Issued Phone
The Defense Department plans to augment cloud services to work on mobile devices, a Defense Department acquisition manager said.
Digital Government
Repurposing Old Drones to Bring Wi-Fi to War Fighters
DARPA’s turning unmanned aerial vehicles into very mobile hotspots.
Digital Government
Algorithm May Enable Common X-Rays to Identify Tiny Amounts of Uranium and Plutonium
The code is based on a close examination of how radiation passes through various substances.
People
Cobert: Unified clearance rules are a work in progress
Deputy director says administration is working to "make continuous evaluation a reality."
Digital Government
Why Nobody Can Tell Whether the World’s Biggest Quantum Computer Is a Quantum Computer
Scientists have been arguing for years about whether D-Wave’s device is really a quantum computer or not.
Digital Government
Google Just Bought the Drone Company that Facebook Had Its Eye On
The drone maker will help Google with its "Project Loon" initiative, which looks to provide internet access to remote areas.
Cybersecurity
Why too many technology solutions fall short
Three groups have competing equities in defense IT acquisition, and learning to balance risk among them is the key to success.
People