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.
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GSA adds hyperconverged infrastructure options to Schedule 70
The General Services Administration adds cloud-friendly platforms to its biggest multiple award IT contract.
Modernization
How does civil service efficiency square with agency reorgs?
While shared services and other tech can help streamline government, federal workforce experts are skeptical about whether budget cuts can spur productivity.
Policy
IT Modernization Bill Heads to President
Congress passes the Modernizing Government Technology Act as part of the defense authorization bill.
Policy
Lawmakers to Agencies on FITARA: Get It Together
A House oversight committee pushed IT leaders to set more ambitious upgrade goals after its fifth assessment of federal agencies’ technology.
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MGT passes Congress in 2018 NDAA
The legislative push to get federal agencies up to speed on IT, eliminating creaky and expensive legacy systems will end with the president's signature.
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What's behind agency FITARA scores?
Agencies shared the stories behind improved, declining and stable FITARA grades.
Digital Government
Pros and Cons of the New Digital Pills That Connect to Your Smartphone
This pill can even send data to your doctor.
Digital Government
Only 23% of the World Has a Free and Open Internet
The U.S. does not have the world's most free internet, according to a independent watchdog group.
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Can iPhone's Face ID Be Fooled By a Mask?
Hackers may have found a way through 3D printing.
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5 things to think about when modernizing agency IT
With the MGT Act poised to become law, it's a matter of when -- not if -- federal agencies will modernize legacy software and infrastructure.
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GSA wants feedback on cloud contract language
A recent RFI seeks examples of effective and problematic contract language as well as suggestions on how to incorporate cloud services into different contract vehicles for direct solicitations, resellers and system integrators.
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GSA to Industry: Help Us Write Better Cloud Contracts
The government doesn’t always do a good job explaining what it wants.
Modernization
It’s Time to Update Your iPhone if You’re Getting That Bizarre “i” Keyboard Bug
It should fix that pesky problem.
Digital Government