Cybersecurity
Twitter Notifies Users of ‘State-Sponsored’ Hacks
Hackers may have been attempting to get personal information, like email addresses or phone numbers.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
Never Not Online
A new survey finds one in five Americans reports being online “almost constantly.”
Modernization
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.
Modernization
Navy drones still a work in progress
The new deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for unmanned systems is still exploring how best to deploy remotely guided vessels.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Aims to Revamp Global Command and Control System
DOD is looking specifically at deploying data in cloud-and mobile-based environments.
Modernization
Video: Need to Speed up Your Wi-Fi? Here's How
Never again endure a slow Internet connection.
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Video: A Japanese Company Has Invented a Smartphone You Can Wash
Kyocera said it created the device, called Digno Rafre, by developing “better sealing” for the phone.
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McCaul wants new commission on encryption and law enforcement
Top law enforcement officials have decried unbreakable commercial encryption as a dark space for terrorists and criminals. In the wake of the San Bernardino and Paris attacks, one House leader wants to take a hard look at the technology.
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