Cybersecurity

Agile development faces entrenched resistance

Policies and guidance help move agile development along, but agencies are struggling with challenges rooted in cultural issues.

Cybersecurity

Feds, Ahmadinejad security detail at UN face communication issues

Smartphone apps providing temporary secure lines of communications may solve trust and compatibility problems at future high-profile events.

People

Government said to be making larger strides in cybersecurity

Cybersecurity efforts are starting to pay off and agencies are working together better, says NSC's cybersecurity coordinator.

Acquisition

The top 50 Schedule 70 contractors

The General Service Administration's Schedule 70 contracts offer agencies an easy route to acquire IT-related products and services, and many vendors and contractors do a brisk business using it. Here are the top 50.

Digital Government

Meet Mira, the supercomputer that makes universes

Next month, one of the world's fastest supercomputers will run the largest, most complex universe simulation ever attempted.

Modernization

Google won't be bailing Apple out of its maps problem anytime soon

The company says it is not working on a maps app for the iPhone.

Emerging Tech

Space is the new frontier of the 2012 presidential campaign

A Romney presidency, the candidate says, would "rebuild NASA" without more funding.

Digital Government

China's first aircraft carrier won't carry aircraft yet

The carrier has been in sea trials since last August, and in the near future will be used mostly for research and training.

Digital Government

DOD teams with Census Bureau in search of novel solutions to common problems

In an unlikely partnership, DOD and Census are looking for new solutions related to data, mobility and communications.

People

The mobile revolution could transform the next-generation federal workforce

Today's children are tomorrow's workforce -- plugged in, connected and ready for an office without walls. Will the government be ready for them?

Digital Government

Study claims drones haven't made Americans any safer

Study concludes that only about 2% of drone casualties are top militant leaders.

Digital Government

How much data can Facebook collect before the FTC gets involved?

Social media network says tracking partnership with Datalogix does not violate any regulations.

Digital Government

Senate votes to lighten GAO workload

A bill that passed the Senate unanimously would take some reports off the audit agency's docket.

People

GSA unravels snag in digitizing contract files

The General Services Administration is working to resolve the management mistakes and unclear priorities that have hampered its digitization effort.