Researchers suggest U.S, China engage on cyberattack issues

A new report proposes China and the United States discuss taboo hacking topics, such as cyberattacks, to cool cybersecurity relations before the dispute becomes as explosive as global finance.

• By Aliya Sternstein
• February 28, 2012

Air Mobility Command to adopt paperless charts by December

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency developed an iPad flight app, and it plans for Android and Windows versions.

• By Bob Brewin
• February 28, 2012

Cost savings draw governments worldwide to the cloud

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• By Joseph Marks
• February 28, 2012

Audit: Agencies still wasting billions with overlapping programs

GAO highlighted similar problems last year, and continues to find new examples.

• By Camille Tuutti, FCW
• February 28, 2012

Go Mobile, Gain Productivity

• By Brittany Ballenstedt
• February 27, 2012

Google privacy policy could hurt government agencies, AGs fear

GOogle's new privacy policy is raising concerns for government agencies, according to a group of state attorney generals.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• February 27, 2012

Renfro named director of GSA's GWACs

Renfro has a long history in federal procurement, making her a match for the open director position.

• By Matthew Weigelt, FCW
• February 27, 2012

VA CIO sheds light on search for Microsoft alternative

The Veterans Affairs Department is one of several federal agencies looking for alternatives to MS Office, says CIO Roger Baker.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• February 27, 2012

Government tablet adoption may triple by 2013, survey finds

• By Joseph Marks
• February 27, 2012

Prediction: 5 trends for federal mobility

Will 2012 be the tipping point?

• By Camille Tuutti, FCW
• February 27, 2012

BYOD is either a hit or a flop at most agencies, survey shows

MeriTalk released a new survey of federal IT managers indicating several trends with the use of mobile devices in the federal workplace.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• February 27, 2012

DHS pinpoints government computers set to lose Internet access

Federal agencies are taking steps to extract the DNSChanger virus that could cause disconnections on March 8.

• By Aliya Sternstein
• February 27, 2012

Prosthetics breakthrough might fuse nerves with fake limbs

Wired

• February 27, 2012

FBI turns off 3,000 GPS trackers after Supreme Court ruling

Ars Technica

• February 27, 2012

'Janitor satellite' would clean up space junk

Government Computer News

• February 27, 2012

In attack on Vatican website, a glimpse of hackers' tactics

New York Times

• February 27, 2012

FTC: Google offers 'brutal choice' on privacy policies

The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said on Sunday that Google was giving consumers a "binary and somewhat brutal" choice on whether they want to go along with the changes to the company's privacy policies set to go into effect next week.

• By Juliana Gruenwald
• February 27, 2012

Video: NASA designs a new spacesuit for new missions

NASA astronauts have a closet full of suits, but nothing to wear for potential future missions.

• By Caitlin Fairchild
• February 27, 2012

Commentary: Agencies spend billions on IT, but many can't track their software

Anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent of the federal government's software expenditures could be eliminated through better software asset management. The legislation I introduced in the House to rein in software spending at the Homeland Security Department is as good a place as any to start eliminating that waste.

• By Joe Walsh
• February 27, 2012

Feds Try To Avert Internet Disruption for 400,000 Users

• By Aliya Sternstein
• February 24, 2012