Modernization

Cloud vendors worry small businesses are shut out of the federal market

Report calls out the Obama administration for certifying existing large contractors before newcomers.

People

In memoriam: Lynn McNulty

A leader in government cybersecurity, Lynn McNulty succumbed to cancer on June 4.

Digital Government

4 technologies that transformed government

FCW looks back on key innovations of the past quarter century.

Emerging Tech

Hey, brother, can you spare a Hubble? DoD: Sure! Have two

That's right. Our military had two, unflown, better-than-Hubble space telescopes just sitting around.

Digital Government

New Mexico hit by largest forest fire in history

Sophisticated software systems help nearly 1,200 personnel battle the 390-square-mile blaze.

Cybersecurity

Justice computer ID contract snagged by second protest

GAO ruled in favor of 2011 protest.

Emerging Tech

Video: Adrian Gardner, Chief Information Officer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Mobile technologies could help federal agencies avoid significant infrastructure costs and save money -- an appealing prospect in these fiscally constrained times. But NASA is implementing a “fly before you buy” approach to evaluating vendor’s claims, says Adrian Gardner, CIO at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

People

Dan Chenok to take reins at IBM think tank

Jonathan Breul is retiring as executive director of the research organization.

Modernization

Video: Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives CIO Rick Holgate

Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Chief Information Officer Rick Holgate tells Nextgov when ‘bring your own device’ makes sense, when it doesn’t and how his agency is tackling web reform.

Digital Government

Can today's virtual soldier protect tomorrow's troops?

A University of Iowa program is using virtual reality to help arm the troops of tomorrow.

Emerging Tech

Video: Defense Chief Architect and Chief Technology Officer Dennis Wisnosky

Dennis Wisnosky says the Pentagon is working to aid warfighters via technology.

People

GSA's new electronic travel system to improve on predecessor

The new E-Gov Travel Service adds reporting capabilities, data analysis.

Digital Government

Video: NOAA CIO Joe Klimavicz

Joe Klimavicz, CIO at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration, says challenges in moving to the cloud range from managing sensitive data to changing the skill sets of federal IT workers.

Modernization

DHS to unveil mobile security reference architecture

The agency is looking to address BYOD and mobile security in upcoming framework.

Modernization

Agencies grapple with real-world cloud challenges

Hurdles range from security to workforce issues, top federal IT officials say.

Acquisition

IG probes apparently not enough to prevent bonuses at GSA

A senator takes her probe of employee bonuses governmentwide after learning that GSA paid more than $1 million to employees under investigation.

People

Errors with find-and-replace

A Nook edition of "War and Peace" replaces the word "kindled" with "Nookd" all through the text. What does that mean for feds?