Cybersecurity
Agile development faces entrenched resistance
Policies and guidance help move agile development along, but agencies are struggling with challenges rooted in cultural issues.
Digital Government
Iran highlights new evidence of sabotage in nuclear, industrial facilities
Officials take an increasingly belligerent stance.
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.
Modernization
GSA may have to start over on governmentwide cellphone plan
Demands on wireless vendors went outside commercial standards, GAO says.
Cybersecurity
DISA seeks to extend contract for cyber threat sharing network
Project will be expanded to support 2,650 Defense contractors.
Digital Government
DISA charged with securing networks for all but two agencies
Move is in response to WikiLeaks; State and FBI handle their own security.
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
China will deploy drones for maritime surveillance
Notice comes amid a territorial dispute with Japan.
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.
Cybersecurity