Emerging Tech
Customs and Border Protection wants to e-cycle sensitive electronics
Homeland Security is undergoing a departmentwide communications upgrade that could send loads of security devices to the shredder.
Cybersecurity
Customs and Border Protection not taking privacy seriously, audit says
Customs and Border Protection collects millions of pieces of information on travelers each year, but has only a part-time privacy officer.
Digital Government
General: Cost worries could derail plan for next bomber to be unmanned
Pentagon leaders have imposed a $550-million-per-unit cost cap.
People
With NGEN, Navy prepares for move to the future
The Navy's long-awaited NGEN solicitation has been released, marking an official step forward for the service.
People
VanRoekel: Agency culture to blame for resistance to tech adoption
Government leaders need to realize technology is their friend, a strategic asset, says the federal CIO.
Cybersecurity
DHS agencies starting to integrate missions, CIO says
The Homeland Security Department has identified 13 core missions offering opportunities for integration across agencies, according to CIO Richard Spires.
People
GSA postpones conference as part of 'top to bottom review'
GSA officials seek new ways to deliver information without travel, hotels.
Digital Government
GSA says: Ties are mandatory, even in the Texas heat
GSA officials want their largest annual conference to be presentable and respectable.
Digital Government
Hey kids, about those embarrassing Facebook photos…
The FTC wants to give young people an option for erasing personal information online.
Digital Government
Coons: Cybersecurity, IP enforcement don't need to undermine web freedom
The issues don't have to be mutually exclusive, Delaware senator says.
People
By the numbers: Defense IT spending
To understand the enormous scope of the Defense Department's enterprise IT strategy, one need only look at the numbers involved, which are big enough to form a tempting target for budget cutters.
Modernization
DOD discovers IT consolidation best practices
DOD's IT Enterprise Strategy and Roadmap is designed to streamline defense IT, but insiders wonder if major budget cuts could derail it.
Modernization
NOAA's innovative climate website gets cutback in House
House lawmakers approved only a single cutback to the proposed Commerce and Justice department budgets this week, targeting a new climate website.
Modernization
Sky's the limit for new IT options at NASA's Goddard center
Adrian Gardner, CIO at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, says balancing IT agility with sound and secure practices is a challenge
Acquisition
Small businesses face federal market storms
The federal budget crunch could crush small businesses without more agency support, warns columnist Jaime Gracia.
Digital Government
Treasury: Uncloak true business owners to disrupt terror-financing
The top intelligence official at the department warns that al Qaeda offshoots are soliciting money through kidnappers and shell companies.
Digital Government
The U.S. government has collected more data than it could ever possibly read
Only 40 percent of government IT professionals say their agency is analyzing collected data.
Digital Government