Modernization

Armed services plan for an increasingly mobile future

The Air Force, Marine Corps and Army are looking to bring logistics tracking and wireless learning capabilities to mobile devices for troops.

Ideas

3 Ways to Infuse Digital into Your Agency’s DNA

Random acts of digital aren't enough for a transformation.

Modernization

Mobile apps demand collides with security concerns

The Defense Department has an aggressive mobile strategy, but can it keep up with demand and security patches?

Modernization

Tillerson: Cloud part of State's 'redesign'

Amid massive changes to the workforce and mission, the nation's top diplomat is also looking to an IT refresh, but the timeline is unclear.

Modernization

The Customs System That Clogged Airports In January Isn’t Fixed, IG Says

The agency doesn't have a backup system in place if another outage happens, the watchdog said.

Modernization

Security firm reveals another NSA leak

The data, including a virtual hard drive containing classified Army documents, was for a time unsecured and available for anyone to download.

Modernization

ICE memo says Chinese-made drones are snoops

An ICE intel memo claims that a Chinese UAS maker is dumping cheap drones on the U.S. market to capture sensitive infrastructure data.

Policy

GAO: Federal CIO Shirking Oversight Responsibilities On Critical Projects

The lack of CIO involvement in major projects could allow them to slide off the rails, GAO says.

Cybersecurity

How to Stay Secure While Holiday Shopping

Don't let cyber thieves or unsecured devices ruin your holiday.

Modernization

Feds Can Hire Short-Term Tech Talent for Modernizing

Office of Personnel Management announced a hiring authority would let agencies fill positions for up to a year.

Modernization

Classified cloud now an option for federal agencies

Amazon Web Services' new AWS Secret Region promises security that meets secret classification requirements.

Modernization

Amazon Web Services Announces Secret Cloud Region For CIA

The company is able to host government data in the cloud at unclassified, sensitive, secret and top secret classification levels.

Modernization

Is Your Thanksgiving Under Surveillance?

Here's food for thought while you're chowing down on turkey this year.

Modernization

The Tiny, Passionate Group Battling Google, Facebook, and Amazon’s Grip on US Minds and Wallets

The group believes they need to be stopped before they destroy the US economy and democracy itself.

Modernization

GSA adds hyperconverged infrastructure options to Schedule 70

The General Services Administration adds cloud-friendly platforms to its biggest multiple award IT contract.