Digital Government

Survey: People Will Share their Data with Companies for Cash

Getting cash or discounts for your personal data could give you more control over it—but may help turn privacy into a premium feature.

Modernization

Army looks to the 'micro cloud' for cyber defense

The Army 'cyber challenge,' administered through the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley outpost, asks tech firms to help develop the service’s cloud infrastructure.

Modernization

FedRAMP’s Influence Grows Outside the Beltway

Compliance with the cloud-vetting regime even helped one U.S. tech firm win a contract with the Canadian government.

Modernization

Army releases long-term networking plan

The 2025-2040 plan calls for attention to dynamic computing; more quickly distilling data into actionable information; human cognitive enhancement; robotics and autonomy; and cybersecurity.

Modernization

Apple’s Next Big Problem: Figuring Out How the FBI Hacked its iPhone

Apple is in the uncomfortable position of knowing a serious vulnerability exists in its operating system, but not knowing what it is.

Modernization

GSA seeks input on cloud services contract

New government-wide acquisition vehicle would cover “all cloud computing services and cloud computing service-based solutions.”

Emerging Tech

You’ve Heard of the Internet of Things. Here’s What Comes Next.

The industrial revolution is coming to the Internet of Things, and it has the potential to really change the world.

Modernization

Why Do Most Digital Assistants Have Feminine Names?

Hey Cortana. Hey Siri. Hey girl.

Modernization

IG: DOD behind on data centers

Consolidating data centers to save money has been a signature initiative of Defense Department CIO Terry Halvorsen, but the DOD inspector general says the department is lagging.

Modernization

White House pushes Congress to pass $3.1B IT modernization fund

The White House is preparing to send Congress more details on its plan for a revolving $3.1 billion IT modernization fund after the House Budget Committee failed to include the measure in the 2017 budget resolution.

Modernization

Agency IT managers welcome FedRAMP changes

Top federal IT managers and cloud management experts say recent changes to the FedRAMP program could make life easier.

Modernization

How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Internet of Things?

A discussion about one of the most exciting and alarming technology trends.

Modernization

OMB Releases Draft Policy Slashing Mobile Contracts

The White House wants the federal government to buy less and buy smarter.

Modernization

The long war for data standards

Getting the right underpinning governance isn't glamorous, but proponents say hashing out dry details will help unleash data's true potential.

Modernization

A Revamped FedRAMP Revealed

The old approach has proven time consuming, and as time has gone by, more duplicative and less effective as more cloud service providers attempted to have their offerings meet FedRAMP’s requirements.

Cybersecurity

Trump: US is ‘Obsolete’ in Cybersecurity

Trump claimed the Defense Department was “going backwards” in cyber while “other countries are moving forward at a much more rapid pace.”

Emerging Tech

Dystopian Virtual Reality Is Finally Here

And it's stranger than science fiction.

Modernization

DOD updates cloud requirements guide

This is the second iteration of the SRG, which provides security requirements for DOD missions up to the secret level as they adopt commercial cloud services.