Modernization

Mobile Devices of the Future Will Get Energy From Everywhere Except the Wall Socket

A review of promising paths that engineers and designers are taking to power the mobile Web.

Cybersecurity

Four Federal Cyber Escapades to Watch For This Spring

Budget request hints at novel approaches cyber threats; details to come at congressional hearings.

Cybersecurity

CIA Accused of Hacking Senate Staffer Computers

The agency's watchdog is investigating whether agents spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Digital Government

Pentagon Aims to Boost Accuracy of Ballistic Missile Defenses

New investments would give missile defenses 'a high degree of confidence.'

Digital Government

Defense Health Agency Wants More Money for IT Operations in 2015

Agency also wants $91.3 million in research funds for new electronic health record.

Digital Government

How Google and the Feds Are Trying to Protect Your Drug Supply

The Internet giant is working with the government to fight illegal online pharmacies.

Digital Government

Energy Dept. Seeks $8.3 Billion for 2015 Nuclear-Arsenal Work

Some $2.7 billion sought for aging U.S. warheads, including the B-61 gravity bomb.

Digital Government

Yahoo Has Joined the War for Your Online Identity—About Half a Decade Too Late

For nearly half a decade, Yahoo has been giving away its most valuable asset to its rivals. Now it has decided that that must stop.

Cybersecurity

Continuous monitoring is improving cybersecurity, but not without challenges

Federal networks produce an astounding amount of data. Agencies are now trying to figure out how much of it to save, and for how long.

Cybersecurity

Feds seek info-sharing standards for private-sector data breaches

Federal law enforcement officials say national reporting standards could help investigators uncover culprits.

Digital Government

Budget requests for science, research mostly flat

One big winner is likely to be NOAA, which is gearing up to launch new weather satellites in 2016-17.

Modernization

FAA’s NextGen system off course, says IG

A report from the DOT inspector general found longstanding problems with cost increases, schedule slips and performance shortfalls.

Modernization

Neustar keeps .us domain deal

The contract extension comes as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers fosters a dramatic expansion of the domain naming pool.

Digital Government

Air Force to Congress: Save the Space Fence

The proposal preserves development of new radars aimed at keeping vessels safe from deadly space trash.

Digital Government

The Only Woman in the Computer Science Department

Irene Greif talks about being the first woman to get a Ph.D. in her field at MIT.

Digital Government

Op-Ed: Unlocking the Economic Potential of Geospatial Data

Agency IT leaders need to make room on the Federal Geospatial Platform for those who most need the data: users.

Digital Government

The FY15 budget: IT spending breakdown

The overall changes are modest compared to fiscal 2014, but many individual agency budgets see much larger swings.

Modernization

Watch out for 'boiler room' cloud brokers

If cloud providers are also brokers, can an agency be sure its interests are put first?