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The Modernizing Outdated and Vulnerable Equipment and Information Technology Act of 2016, or MOVE IT, directs individual agencies to establish IT working capital funds.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
PokemonGov: What Government Agencies Are Saying About Pokemon Go
Gotta catch 'em all... but be careful on federal property.
Digital Government
Why Virtual Health Care Won't Work for Everyone
The idea of "going to the doctor" is changing.
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
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.
Modernization
Video: New Android Malware 'HummingBad' Infects Millions
Users should note that the malware prefers to target earlier operating systems, KitKat and JellyBean.
Modernization
Pentagon raises payout in DHMSM hosting deal
The Pentagon is paying more than expected for the hosting portion of its coming electronic health record, and it is considering whether to find a separate vendor down the line.
Ideas