Cybersecurity
Five Privacy and Security Concerns About Apple’s New FaceID Facial Recognition
This technology is meant to be the successor to the iPhone fingerprint scanner.
Modernization
Why the New iPhone Is So Important
As Apple unveils the latest version of the most successful consumer product of all time, two charts show the critical juncture the company faces.
Modernization
CenturyLink delays Level 3 acquisition
EIS contract winners CenturyLink and Level 3 pushed their acquisition plans back a month for a California utilities commission approval, but don't expect it to affect planning.
Modernization
NSA Quietly Awarded a Classified $2.4 Billion Tech Contract With More to Come
CSRA wins the NSA’s Groundbreaker recompete to modernize portions of the intelligence community’s IT infrastructure
Modernization
Lawmakers Push Again to Mandate Mobile-Friendly Federal Websites
New federal websites would have to be easy to view on smartphones and other devices, according to a Senate bill.
Modernization
DOD objects to digital-only plan from NARA
The Department of Defense says a plan to go to all-digital federal records accession will cost too much and interfere with existing digitization plans.
Modernization
New Phones, Apple Watches, and More: What to Expect at Apple’s iPhone 10th-Anniversary Event
The headline of the event, though, will be the launch of Apple’s next iPhone.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Wants to MacGyver the Internet Using Only What's in Troops' Pockets
The research agency wants to tap the computer power of the devices warfighters already have to network anywhere.
Modernization
In Preparation for Hurricane Irma, Floridians Are Downloading These Two Apps
The apps let users turn their smartphones into walkie-talkies and track the best places to find fuel
Modernization
Most agencies 'not planning' to meet OMB data center goals, GAO says
One year out from FITARA's expiration, GAO found the vast majority of agencies are not on track with the law's data center optimization requirements.
Modernization
How a telecom contact might spur IT upgrades
A month after the GSA named 10 winners for its next-generation telecommunications contract, the $50 billion vehicle has a big supporting role in the White House IT modernization plan.
Modernization
Your Apps Are Making You Miserable
If you want to be happier, you might want to ditch your phone.
Modernization
Civilian agencies guard their coffers as cuts loom
On a recent earnings call, a CEO at a top federal contractor said that federal civilian customers are reacting to budget pressures by holding back spending, but said there is "continual demand" to upgrade IT.
Digital Government
VA Needs to Better Track Teleworking Employees
The department needs to ensure employees are still processing claims in a timely and accurate manner, GAO said.
Modernization
Watchdog: Agencies Aren’t Even Trying To Meet Data Center Optimization Goals
At most, five agencies have met or exceeded White House targets for making data centers more efficient.
Modernization
Agencies prep communications for Hurricane Irma
FEMA, the FCC turn to prepping communications providers for oncoming Hurricane Irma, as post-Hurricane Harvey cleanup continues in Texas.
Modernization
Army Logistics Renews $135M Cloud Contract—And Gets Watson
Watson will analyze sensor data from vehicles to improve the service's predictive maintenance.
Modernization
Modernization boosts cybersecurity anxieties, survey says
A survey of 200 federal IT leaders found that while most saw the eventual benefits of IT modernization, the process has resulted in a more challenging cybersecurity environment.
Modernization
