Modernization
DLA goes virtual
The Defense Logistics Agency is in the midst of an ambitious campaign to eliminate its IT infrastructure and transition to using exclusively shared, hosted and virtual services.
Modernization
FEC and 18F Team Up to Save Agency $1.2M
The commission's new website, hosted by Cloud.gov, will reduce spend on internal systems.
Modernization
Marines want industry help with mobility
U.S. Marine forces operations are increasingly expeditionary, but their IT systems are not keeping pace, so the Corps is asking industry for help with mobility.
Modernization
Despite glitches, Census officials not worried about 2020 count
Census officials said that despite recent delays, watchdog findings and cost uncertainty, Census is "in good shape" for the 2018 end-to-end test, and the 2020 main event.
Modernization
What You Need to Know About the Latest iPhone Update
An easier way to keep you iPhone secure.
Modernization
FirstNet award on tap
There isn't much suspense as the Commerce Department prepares to announce the winner of a $6.5 billion national wireless broadband emergency network contract.
Digital Government
Apple Brought the iPhone’s Most Eye-Pleasing Feature to the Mac
"Night Shift" allows users to adjust the color temperature of their device’s display.
Modernization
Hurd: Revised MGT Act coming 'very soon'
The chairman of the House subcommittee on federal IT says that tweaks are coming to a bill to support agency moves to the cloud.
Cybersecurity
Is Trump Still Tweeting From His Unsecured Android Phone?
If so, he’s extremely vulnerable to being hacked.
Digital Government
UK Officials Want to Fight Terrorism By Forcing WhatsApp to Release Users’ Messages
The UK home secretary on Sunday told the BBC it’s “completely unacceptable” that intelligence agencies can’t access WhatsApp messages.
Modernization
Why Trump’s budget bodes well for IT transformation
Agencies have taken admirable, if cautious, steps to modernize their IT, but wholesale change is needed. Proposed budget cuts just might force that to happen.
Modernization
GAO: Optimize Data Centers or Lose Them
Progress on closing data centers is mixed and the government’s optimization efforts are worse.
Digital Government
There’s a Better Way to Treat Your Tech Addiction Than Hiding Your Phone and Laptop
We should learn to design and engage with it in ways that support our emotional well-being.
Modernization
Border wall: tech not included (yet)
Details of technology systems that might back a future border wall aren't spelled out in prototype specs.
Modernization
Army: Electronic domain is contested
A contested electronic environment is the new normal, say Army leaders, and the service needs to prepare for and train to fight with degraded electronic systems and capabilities.
Modernization
NGA wants 24-hour cloud ATOs
One spy agency is looking to "fast architecture churn" to confound would-be cyber attackers.
Digital Government