Digital Government
Consolidation alone won’t solve data centers’ energy problem
Server banks can consume 100 times as much power as a typical office building.
Cybersecurity
Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives tablet PCs a test run
Armed with lessons from other government agencies and strategies from OMB, the NRC is trying on tablets for size -- with some reservations.
Modernization
FCC likely to take up incentive auction plan next month
The auctions would allow TV broadcasters a chance to offer bids on how much they would take to give up their spectrum.
Emerging Tech
FinFisher software found to spy on Bahraini activists
The market for such surveillance tools estimated at $5 billion a year.
Modernization
Amazon expected to reject Google Maps for upcoming tablet
Sources say the next Kindle Fire will have an alternative mapping function.
Modernization
Technology to clear FOIA backlog underused, GAO finds
Releasing documents under Freedom of Information Act requests is part of an agency's mission, but some agencies are not making the most of tools that could help do it faster.
Modernization
State Department adviser lays out pros and cons of Internet diplomacy
Alec Ross speaks out about why officials need to be more active online.
Digital Government
Former cybersecurity czar urges Obama to issue executive order to protect networks
Howard Schmidt says "the president has a few options that he can move on.”
People
New Deputy CIO sees enterprise architecture as SBA's path to modernization
Chase Garwood steps into the Small Business Administration's ongoing efforts to upgrade legacy systems.
Cybersecurity
NATO seeks technology to stem leaks from secret Afghanistan network
U.S. military has yet to activate same tools.
Digital Government
Joint Staff will develop a digital close air support system
The new technology will aid multinational operations.
Digital Government
Pakistani officials: U.S. drones killed key militant
Strike occurred the day after Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry’s protested such actions.
Digital Government
Porn exec on GOP's 'family-friendly' platform: 'Sex is everywhere'
Vivid official says "Conservatives should be careful who they target, since it's likely to be fellow conservatives."
Modernization
GSA issues cloud email blanket purchase agreements
New BPAs should ease cloud transition for many agencies.
People
Are wartime innovation principles relevant after the war?
Joint explosives organization faces an uncertain post-Afghanistan future, but its CIO hopes that the culture it created will survive and continue to serve the government.
Modernization
GSA awards cloud-based email BPAs
Purchase agreements went to 17 companies, four of which are small businesses.
Modernization
Apple spikes drone-tracking app
A new app-store rejection should remind us that Apple's gatekeeping may not be good for journalism.
Digital Government
Assessing the digital campaign: Obama vs. Romney
As the 2012 presidential race heads into the home stretch, one of the contenders has taken a lead in the smart use of technology -- but both have room to improve.
Digital Government
Dismissed SSA advisory panel had a lasting effect, chairman says
Watchdog says there’s no proof the Social Security Administration followed its recommendations.
Cybersecurity