Digital Government
If You Can’t Stay Off Your Phone Before Bed, These Gadgets Will Make Sure Your Sleep Isn’t Ruined
With growing awareness of blue light’s ill effects, more companies are now catering to health-conscious consumers with products that reduce their exposure to these wavelengths.
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BlackBerry boss strikes conciliatory tone on encryption
Like his Apple counterpart, BlackBerry CEO John Chen is opposed to weakening encryption but says the debate between law enforcement and tech firms has gotten too acrimonious.
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Video: Why Closing Apps Won't Help Save Smartphone Battery Life
Be smart about your smartphone.
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Do Computers Need Pressure-Sensing Screens?
Apple's new 3D Touch could be revolutionary.
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Star Wars’ R2-D2: The Original Mobile Device
The bleep-blooping droid from "Star Wars" helped shape people's perceptions of how machines can be helpers.
Cybersecurity
Twitter Notifies Users of ‘State-Sponsored’ Hacks
Hackers may have been attempting to get personal information, like email addresses or phone numbers.
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GSA pushes EIS proposal date
The General Services Administration extended the deadline for vendor proposal submissions to its massive next-generation telecom contract by a week.
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DOD looking to put classified data in commercial cloud
Rob Vietmeyer, DOD CIO's point man on cloud, said it could be over a year before a commercial cloud provider handles Level 6 data
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Clapper memo outlines ICITE architecture
A document release reveals more details on the cloud-based Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise.
Ideas
3 Steps for Implementing Mobile Projects in Your Agency
Agencies are looking to integrate the use of personal devices into employees' daily lives.
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3 CIO Insights on Cloud, Security and Mobile
The need for more collaboration was the focus of many of the discussions this year at the semi-annual Government Technology Research Alliance Summit.
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Trade Group: Government Needs to Ramp Up Cloud Adoption
A recent Professional Services Council survey found only 8 percent of federal CIOs progressed as much as they wanted to with cloud-based technology.
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OMB Preps New Policy on Data Centers
OMB’s retooled guidelines are part of the administration's roadmap for implementing and operationalizing FITARA.
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Remembering programming pioneer Ada Lovelace at 200
Ada Lovelace, arguably the first computer programmer, was born 200 years ago today. She worked with Charles Babbage on one of the earliest computers in 1843.
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Army Contracting Command looks to commercial cloud
The U.S. Army Contracting Command in Rock Island, Ill. is seeking commercial cloud solutions for Army enterprise applications.
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FirstNet, DHS P25 comms efforts move ahead
Two efforts, ultimately aimed at providing interoperable radio communications for first responders across the nation, advanced on Dec. 9.
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Never Not Online
A new survey finds one in five Americans reports being online “almost constantly.”
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DHS expands CenturyLink's work on Einstein
DHS awarded an expansion contract to help extend Einstein 3 Accelerated protections to civilian agencies by year's end under the new cybersecurity strategy.
Ideas
3 Ways to Maximize Your ROI on Internet of Things
The challenge for federal IoT is less about the devices themselves, and more about the IT resources needed to manage, share, analyze and ultimately derive real mission value from the IoT data explosion.
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