Ideas
Public Sector IT Trends for 2017
Not surprising, 2016 was a big year for cybersecurity at the state and federal level.
Cybersecurity
Amazon Has a Plan to Defend Drones From Hackers and Bow-and-Arrow-Wielding Troublemakers
The company will have to be ready to tackle all sorts of hijack scenarios.
Cybersecurity
West Africa Now Has Own Blockchain-Enabled Digital Currency
It’s another opportunity for financial technology to help emerging markets leapfrog traditional banking systems and bring financial inclusion to more people.
Modernization
FTC: Your Holiday Shopping Apps Might Be Fake
The agency warned consumers to watch out for fraudsters seeking credit card information.
Modernization
Here Are the Apps Most Citizens Think Would Help Vets
Career development apps were high on the list.
Modernization
Tracking Federal Regulations? Use Your Smartphone
A new app lets users navigate federal regulations.
Modernization
DHS to discuss emergency radio jamming threat
The Science and Technology Directorate announced plans for the 2017 First Responder Electronic Jamming Exercise.
Modernization
Email management deadline looms
Agencies have until Dec. 31 to manage their email records in electronic format, and abandon antiquated print-to-file methods. Not all of them are going to make it.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Reality Is Disorienting People Into Questioning Reality
After exploring a virtual world, some users can’t shake the unsettling sense that the actual world isn’t real, either.
Modernization
Army launches Digital Service branch
The U.S. Army has launched its own branch of the Defense Digital Service with the goal of updating recruiting software and other outdated Army platforms and systems.
Modernization
How to Make Donald Trump’s Phone Safe
The man who led the effort to let President Obama keep his BlackBerry says the best solution for Trump might be multiple devices.
Modernization
Why spectrum sharing is here to stay
The push to make more federally-owned spectrum available for commercial use will involve sharing, no way around it, according to the president's telecom advisor.
Modernization
First Amazon PrimeAir Drone Delivery Landed Today, 13 Minutes After Order Was Placed
The only human input on Amazon’s side was from the person who packed up the box the drone carried.
Modernization
How the CIA's Cloud Puts Fresh Tech at Analysts' Fingertips
The intelligence community's marketplace gets new software into analysts' hands faster.
Modernization
New rules proposed for vehicle-to-vehicle comms
In a new proposed rule, the Transportation Department wants to require automakers to include vehicle-to-vehicle communications capabilities and envisions vehicle-to-infrastructure capabilities.
Modernization
IG: State's consular tech upgrade is slow going
Despite improvements in management, the effort to modernize the State Department's disparate consular IT systems is lagging, and the office that manages these legacy systems is understaffed, according to a recent inspector general report.
Modernization
Sluggish apps more than just annoying, study says
Balky network apps can create problems for agencies' IT modernization efforts, a new survey of federal employees suggests.
Modernization