Digital Government

The Google Operating System Mystifying the Internet

A project called Fuschia has the internet speculating.

Modernization

GSA works to speed telecom transition

The General Services Administration is looking to ease the pain of agencies' mandated shift from Networx contracts to the next-generation EIS vehicle.

Ideas

Mid-year Cybersecurity Trends Review: What You Need to Know to Mitigate Risk

The focus should be on the basic requirements in 2016 and the more complex derived security controls in 2017.

Modernization

CIA Official: ‘Cloud Has Been a Godsend’

The technology has bolstered the agency's cyber defenses and the speed at which it addresses threats to the nation.

Modernization

Treasury component to shift employees to cloud email

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will use Unisys to move to the cloud under a new contract.

Modernization

DOD 'In the Right Spot' With Cloud, CIO Says

In many ways, DOD’s use of cloud computing is not so different from non-IT Fortune 50 companies, Halvorsen said.

Modernization

GSA assists agencies with data center consolidation

GSA helping federal agencies manage OMB data center directive.

Modernization

Video: How Some Refugees Access Wi-Fi

Routers are hard to come by in a camp.

Digital Government

How a Bot is Changing Federal Tech Purchasing

Bots from two vendors were bidding against each other to work on part of a recent cloud contract.

Modernization

How Phones Can Help Predict Thunderstorms

A meteorologist is harnessing data from the devices’ barometers to improve local forecasting.

Digital Government

Employers Use Workplace Wearables to Find Out How Happy and Productive We Are

Companies in all fields are beginning to dive into the world of big data in order to increase the health and happiness of their employees, along with boosting productivity and overall output.

Modernization

House panel wants update on Census IT risks

As the 2020 enumeration draws ever closer, key lawmakers want assurances that the Census Bureau is managing risks in IT acquisition.

Cybersecurity

Apple Is Making the Market for Hacking its Systems More Efficient—and Lucrative

The tech giant's biggest reward is $200,000.

Digital Government

How People Make Closing DOD Data Centers Difficult

Choosing which data center to close can be less complicated than figuring out what to with the feds who worked there.

Modernization

Video: The Wearable Tech Helping Olympic Athletes Win Gold

This is more advanced than your average Fitbit.

Modernization

Making the cloud safe for intel

The intelligence community's tech think tank wants a new model for keeping data safe in the cloud.

Modernization

How the Pentagon can help federal buying power

The Defense Department’s plan to stand up IT for a background check bureau could be a model for civilian-DOD cooperation.

Modernization

Which Vendor is the Big Cloud Winner?

IBM banked $2.7 billion in cloud dollars in the last five years.

Modernization

FedRAMP Ready? GSA Releases Template to Figure It Out

Cloud service providers can assess whether they're ready for FedRAMP authorization with a new template.