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.
Modernization
Can iPhone's Face ID Be Fooled By a Mask?
Hackers may have found a way through 3D printing.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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
Survey: Telework Is Risky But Government Should Do It Anyway
Telework rewards outweigh risks, according to public-sector employees surveyed.
Ideas
Protect White House Staff's Personal Tech But Don’t Forget to Secure Government Phones
Talking about personal devices takes attention away from the arguably greater threat posed by unsecured government-issued mobile devices.
Cybersecurity
Alexa Doesn’t Have the Attention Span to Secretly Eavesdrop on Your Conversations
The virtual assistant is only here to help.
Modernization
Agencies failing key agile test
An oversight report found that most agencies were failing to certify implementation of incremental development on some major software projects.
Modernization
A user's guide to IT modernization
There are new big plans for federal IT modernization, but the old pitfalls remain.
Digital Government
NIH Is Handing out 10,000 Fitbits To Track People's Health
It's a part of the updated precision medicine program.
Modernization
Pentagon: We Want You — to Get Us Into The Cloud Much Faster
We need the private sector's help to vault DOD into the world of elastic computing and machine learning.
Modernization
Here's How to Actually Use the iPhone X
Without a home button, quite a few things are different.
Modernization
What it Will Take to Keep Trump Tweeting From Behind China’s Great Firewall
While China’s massive censorship machine technically blocks Chinese citizens from using Twitter, there are ways around it.
Modernization
Lawmakers look to keep close tabs on VA's health record switch
A bipartisan quartet of lawmakers introduced legislation that would compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to document how it plans to implement its new electronic health record system.
Modernization
Why GAO nixed the Census mobile deal
Census made several key slipups in its decision to award a $283 million mobile device contract for the 2020 population count, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Modernization