Emerging Tech
The Internet Could Suffer if Companies Start Paying Your Wireless Bill
AT&T's new pricing arrangements could transform the economic of the entire smartphone ecosystem.
Cybersecurity
Why the holidays made your BYOD approach a little trickier
All those smart phones and tablets under the Christmas tree inevitably mean a lot of new devices on the network – and plenty of accompanying security risks.
Cybersecurity
IG nominee faces 'warring camps' at DHS
One senator said the office is split between those loyal to the former acting IG and those who complained about him to Congress.
Modernization
More stuff that's not around any more
Steve Kelman muses on everything from IT acquisition to subway tokens.
Digital Government
Government can borrow from private sector’s big-data playbook
Real-time systems offer a multitude of potential benefits for the civilian side of government, according to an executive at MemSQL.
Digital Government
Four things to watch in big data
Splunk's vice president of public sector business sees a surge in "non-traditional" big data users.
Acquisition
Scott Quehl: Sharing services at scale
The Accenture Federal Services executive and former Commerce chief financial officer says the old budget buckets will no longer apply.
Acquisition
Watch out for standardized labor categories
The president of the Coalition for Government Procurement warns that GSA's planned changes could drive vendors away.
Cybersecurity
NIST Paid $16,500 for Space at Now-Boycotted RSA Conference
Speakers are backing out in protest of the encryption company’s alleged deal with NSA to weaken its security products.
Cybersecurity
Ex-sheriff sentenced for hacking then-wife’s work computer – at her court office
Government (U.S.) // West Virginia, United States
Digital Government
GSA’s Chief Technology Officer Departing for the Private Sector
Casey Coleman is headed for AT&T.
Emerging Tech
Silicon Valley's New Spy Satellites
Three startups are launching services—and orbiters—to provide real-time, better-than-Google imagery of the Earth.
Digital Government
Why You Shouldn't Use a Laser-Equipped Gun as a Presentation Tool
Pointing lasers at airplanes (and pilots) is also a bad idea.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Has Its First Target
It marks progress in NASA's mission to locate, land on, and reroute an asteroid by 2025.
People
GSA CIO heads for private sector
Casey Coleman is leaving for a post at AT&T Government Solutions. Deputy CIO Sonny Hashmi will take over her duties at GSA on an acting basis.
Modernization
DOD's cautious path to the cloud
The Pentagon wants controls that go beyond FedRAMP, but critics claim DISA officials are dragging their feet.
Cybersecurity