Modernization

Part of the Federal Cloud That Stopped Growing

Though the market came to include calendar management, customer relationship management and internal and external websites, it declined 16 percent to $539 million in fiscal 2015.

Modernization

How USAID Thinks About Mobile Apps

If apps don't communicate with each other, the data they collect isn't useful to aid workers.

Modernization

IaaS Growth Drives Federal Cloud Market

Infrastructure-as-a-service offerings lead federal cloud purchases, but other categories show growth.

Modernization

DISA opens competition for massive IT services contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency has released its request for proposals for the Communications Capacity Services Contract -- a single-award, $902 million acquisition vehicle.

Modernization

Video: How Refugees Use Technology

Social media and messaging apps are just as important in refugee communities.

Modernization

OMB Policy Revamps Mobile Device Buying

The goal is to slash fragmentation and duplication of 1,200-plus mobile agreements and 200-plus service plans managed by the federal government.

Modernization

Video: Inside a Lab That Smashes up Smartphones for Science

Protecting devices one cracked screen at a time.

Modernization

Video: How to Make Your iPhone More Like An Android

How to get the best of both worlds.

Digital Government

Scientists Search for Antarctic Seals Using Satellite Imagery—and You Can Help

Crowdsourcing made adorable.

Modernization

GSA confident that EIS is on track

Despite a recently announced delay in feedback for bidders, GSA's next-generation telecommunications contract already has transition plans bubbling.

Modernization

New data center guidance shifts emphasis from consolidation to optimization

OMB's Data Center Optimization Initiative gives agencies new metrics and goals for fiscal 2018.

Modernization

Police Cloned Michigan Murder Victim’s Fingerprint that Unlocked his Phone

Cracking crime just got a lot more innovative.

Cybersecurity

The Chip Card Transition in the US Has Been a Disaster

The chips are supposed to make your credit and debit cards more secure.

Cybersecurity

Video: Password Manager LastPass Fixes Security Flaw

Another reason to stay vigilant about password security.

Modernization

GSA digs into shared payroll system issues

The Unified Shared Services Management office is asking industry how it can improve the way agencies pay federal employees.

Modernization

How end users can make or break an agency migration

IT modernization is a risky endeavor, and agencies too often overlook the human factor.

Modernization

GSA feedback for EIS bidders pushed back into August

Initial evaluations of proposals for the massive telecommunications contract were originally planned for late July.

Modernization

GSA seeks IT exec to help with enterprise cloud

GSA wants an expert executive to help it with cloud and other transformational IT infrastructure efforts.

Modernization

Dispelling the myth of 'perfect' security

A new approach called micro-segmentation is easy to deploy, requires fewer security resources and could be the key to streamlining risk management.

Modernization

Video: The Crazy Tech Airports Use to Track Your Luggage

It's a journey just to start the journey.