Modernization
FHFA Wants an App to Guide Employees During Emergencies
The housing finance agency aims to streamline its protocols into one intuitive smartphone app.
Modernization
How Dissidents Are Using Shortwave Radio to Broadcast News Into China
Pro-democracy forces are locked in a cat-and-mouse game with the Chinese government, playing out on the airwaves, the internet and across the globe.
Modernization
NASA’s Moon Plans Rely Heavily on Mobile Tech
CIO Renee Wynn weighed in on how America’s space agency embraces mobility.
Modernization
Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. U.S. Navy Minesweepers Find Old Dishwashers and Car Parts.
That there are problems with the mine warfare unit is well known to the Navy.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Cloud Customers, Not Providers, Increasingly Responsible for Managing Threats
The Cloud Security Alliance found the issues that traditionally plagued cloud service providers aren’t as big of a problem today.
Modernization
Politics in the cloud
Sens. Mark Warner and Jack Reed want assurances from Defense Secretary Mark Esper that politics isn't impinging on the Pentagon's ability to run its cloud acquisition program.
Emerging Tech
IRS Doesn’t Have An R&D Shop, So It Built A $7M Procurement Vehicle Instead
The Pilot IRS program is about to issue its first solicitation, offering the agency a new way to automate low-level functions while testing a new acquisition method.
Emerging Tech
DISA Wants to Vet Mobile App Security in a Day or Less
The agency is asking experts to submit ideas for an app development platform that would automatically check apps against the Pentagon’s numerous security standards.
Digital Government
Why Trump Cares About the Pentagon’s Mega-Cloud — and Why That Terrifies Those Who Want It
Breaking up the $10 billion JEDI network project will hurt the U.S. military’s effort to speed data to troops, its fans argue.
Digital Government
Will Hurd, The Most Vocal Lawmaker on Federal IT Issues, Won’t Seek Reelection
The three-term congressman plans to keep pushing on government IT issues from the private sector.
Emerging Tech
Hackathon Aims to Enhance Veterans’ Care through Public-Private Innovation
To kick off a D.C. Hackathon, agency and industry insiders weighed in on driving innovation through federal collaboration.
Emerging Tech
The Role States Are Playing in Expanding Broadband Access
New research offers a window into what states are doing to help get about 20 million Americans who now lack reliable, high-speed internet connected with the service.
Modernization
What To Expect From Future FITARA Scorecards
GAO’s FITARA scorecard lead offers some insight into potential additions—and subtractions—from the biannual federal IT report card.
Ideas
Building for the Future of Government When IT Modernization Isn’t Just a Technology Upgrade
It's better not to be a beta tester.
Modernization
Army tests smart-city communication tools
The test involved a combination of ARL-developed IoT architecture and commercially available smart-city hardware and software.
Modernization
The Federal Data Strategy demands the right infrastructure
The policies are now properly aligned, but successful execution will require structural changes.
Modernization
JEDI Contract on Hold for Defense Secretary Review
It’s unclear whether the review will impact the contract’s timeline.
Cybersecurity
Cisco Agrees to $8.6 Million Settlement After Selling Agencies Insecure Tech
The company’s video surveillance manager, which was used by the Pentagon, DHS, NASA and others, contained vulnerabilities that would let hackers view, modify and disable video feeds at government facilities.
Modernization