Digital Government
These Companies Are Mining the World’s Data by Selling Street Lights and Farm Drones
The drones collect data on crops from hundreds of feet above.
Modernization
Cloud's potential depends on interoperability
Cloud technology is becoming a force multiplier for emerging mobility and big data capabilities at federal agencies.
Digital Government
Security-Cleared IT, Cyber Pros See Fatter Paychecks in 2013
This despite a declining job market for security-cleared professionals overall.
People
Reeder recognized for role in launching Fed 100
Former OMB official's desire to celebrate what's good in government was the spark for a 25-year tradition.
Cybersecurity
Obama, Intel Committee leaders propose data collection changes
The president’s plan would require a court order to collect information on individual accounts; the lawmakers’ bill would not.
Digital Government
Obama and Lawmakers Plan to End Mass Surveillance
The White House and the House Intelligence Committee plan to soon unveil their proposals to reform NSA spying.
Digital Government
FDA taps video mailers to educate on tobacco
A FedBizOpps posting said the agency wants to use video-enabled greeting cards to combat smoking
Cybersecurity
Government psychologist, robbed of laptop by a prostitute, must undergo evaluation
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Washington, United States
Cybersecurity
Eating up the IT spending pie
IT integration remains a work in progress for disparate DHS components.
Digital Government
U.S. Confirms Effort to Phase Out Selected 'Dirty Bomb' Materials
Paired with conventional explosives, radiological materials used in medicine could potentially be dispersed over a wide area, creating dangerous contamination.
Emerging Tech
U.S., Japan to Cooperate on Nuclear-Material Removal, Energy Research
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz called the bilateral agreement with Tokyo a "very significant nuclear-security pledge and activity."
Modernization
FCC chief to propose spectrum-sharing rules
The move is the latest step in a longstanding plan to put 500 MHz of federal and non-federal spectrum into private hands.
Emerging Tech
The Solar Panels of the Future Could Be Grown From Bacteria
Germs are making synthetic materials smarter.
People
Software problems slow F-35 program
Delays could hurt the Joint Strike Fighter's capabilities even as the planes enter the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fleets.
Ideas
U.S. Cloud Services Companies Are Paying Dearly for NSA Leaks
The agency could consider economic impacts of its practices.
Digital Government
Microsoft Offers Agencies Incentives to Drop Windows XP
Agencies upgrading to Windows 8 receive discounts and robust Office 365 cloud service.
Digital Government
The US Government Doesn’t Want Online Courses to Be Open to Iran, Sudan, and Cuba
A new advanced course on aircraft design from free online learning platform edX will be unavailable in certain countries.
Modernization
NFV: Turning network activities into software
Network functions virtualization promises to save time and money by running components such as firewalls and intrusion detection as virtual machines.
Cybersecurity
CBP’s cargo data system takes next step
The Automated Commercial Environment is set to be fully in place by the end of 2016 and will replace CBP’s legacy import/export data systems.
Digital Government