Modernization

Army announces $494M contract under ITES 2

Six firms will compete for task orders on hardware, software and integration services.

Modernization

Private Equity Firm Buys Critical West Coast Data Center for $437.5 Million

The importance of this high-rise data center is rivaled only by two others in the world.

Modernization

State Department’s Smart Traveler App Should be Left at Home

The app is weighed down by design flaws, reviewers said.

Digital Government

What Would the 'Exercise Pill' Mean?

The idea plays to our love of efficiency, spirit of entrepreneurship, and longing to install physicians and scientists as the new priests of the age.

Digital Government

Another Dreamliner Is Forced to Land

A Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliner on the way to Tokyo has landed in Boston.

Modernization

How the FCC Could Revolutionize Education and Put Computers in More Students' Hands

Restructuring the "E-rate" could vastly expand Internet access and give classrooms more digital tools.

Cybersecurity

ODNI attorney: 'Security and privacy are not zero-sum'

General counsel discusses NSA surveillance, says new technology demands new thinking from the intelligence community.

Emerging Tech

Commentary: Leave Financial Crime Fighting to the Experts

Treasury is best equipped to lead the Global Illicit Financial Team.

Digital Government

Should Steve Kelman stay quiet on reverse auctions?

Readers accuse FCW's ivory-tower blogger of having a conflict of interest that simple disclosure doesn't overcome.

Modernization

Thinking About a Foreign Service Career? This App Could Help You Decide.

Our reviewers found the DOS Careers app pairs good content with great design.

Acquisition

Bill would limit reverse auctions

Despite GSA's empbrace of the procurement technique, some lawmakers seek to restrict its use.

Digital Government

Feds Lead Telework Growth in D.C. Region

Thirty-eight percent of federal employees work from home at least occasionally.

Digital Government

MIT Delays the Release of Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File

File could expose the identities of employees who assisted in the prosecution of the activist, university argues.

People

State Department IG highly critical of IT sub-bureau

Bureau of Information Resource Management, Office of Information Assurance performs only a 'limited number' of functions and lacks adequate management controls, audit concludes.

People

Congress gets new nominees for Labor IG, DOD personnel posts

Obama's nominees would bring experience to their respective roles.

People

FAA's air traffic modernization efforts face obstacles

IG testimony cites poor planning and a culture resistant to 'significant change.'

Digital Government

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Machine learning, supercomputing and police tracking.