Modernization

Move over, ITMF?

The MOVE IT Act, which takes a different approach to funding IT modernization that the administration has proposed, may have a better chance of clearing Congress.

Cybersecurity

An Inside Look At a CYBERCOM Dress Rehearsal

CYBERCOM, when called on by DHS, helps repel incoming cyberattacks of catastrophic consequence.

Digital Government

Lawmakers Introduce Alternative to White House’s $3.1 Billion IT Modernization Fund

The Modernizing Outdated and Vulnerable Equipment and Information Technology Act of 2016, or MOVE IT, directs individual agencies to establish IT working capital funds.

Modernization

Biggest Problem With Email? It’s Way Too Convenient

The average business user sent and received 122 business emails per day in 2015.

Modernization

New bill calls for agency-specific IT modernization funds

A new bill, which would empower agencies to reprogram funds and bank their own savings, could be an easier sell to appropriators than the White House's plan for a $3.1 billion governmentwide fund.

Modernization

What If Cameras Stopped Telling the Truth?

New technology to block photography at concerts hints at an alarming future for smartphones.

Modernization

DHS Looks for Ways to Protect Mobile Devices

The agency is thinking harder about securing its own smartphones and tablets, including from apps that might activate the microphone or camera to eavesdrop, or pull users' call logs and messages without their consent.

Modernization

Cloud security: Learning to trust the facts

The cloud can often exceed the security of an on-premises or legacy data center. Here's why.

Ideas

What’s Key to Driving Better Citizen Experience?

There are three important, early considerations in developing initiatives to elevate the citizen customer experience.

Cybersecurity

Pokemon Go Can Read Your Emails and View Your Search History if You Log in With Google

Gotta catch 'em all... and give them all your data.

Emerging Tech

18F's Second Project Under Agile BPA: Citizen Logins

The tech consultancy wants to work with a vendor on identity management.

Modernization

What Comes After the Touch Screen?

The quest for the next human-computer interface

Modernization

Will the Government Go for Pokemon Go?

The new augmented reality app is a feat of data-mapping technology.

Modernization

VA looks to NITAAC for cloud

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to conduct an upcoming cloud procurement using a National Institutes of Health acquisition vehicle.

Digital Government

House Committee OKs Bill Letting the FBI Use Rapid DNA Profiling

The idea behind the technology is to swiftly clear innocents, detain criminals and free up technicians to clear rape kit backlogs, among other things, say Judiciary Committee members who advanced the bill.

Modernization

A Startup is Trying to Solve Bitcoin's Child Pornography Problem

Bitcoin's promise of anonymity and no government regulation makes it a potential hotbed for nefarious activities.

Modernization

When using your own email server makes sense

Hillary Clinton’s decision to use a personal server likely arose from the antiquated state of technology at the State Department and her experience in the Senate.