Emerging Tech

These 9 Innovations Changed the Future and They All Came From One Place

The MIT Media Lab helped originate some of the indispensable tech we use today.

Modernization

18 Internet of Things Devices That Have No Business Being Connected to the Internet

Some activities just don’t require the internet.

Digital Government

Did People Telework Before Computers?

According to the latest Census numbers, 4.5 percent of Americans, or about 6.5 million people, are working from home most of the time.

Emerging Tech

DHS to Meet with Tech Companies in Silicon Valley Next Week

Applying for DHS funding and securing the Internet of Things are on the agenda.

Modernization

Can the Library of Congress modernize for the 21st century?

In the midst of leadership changes, Library of Congress officials explain to a House panel where they stand in updating their IT systems and technology strategy.

Modernization

GSA IT is vulnerable, IG says

The IG's semiannual report details integration and security troubles haunting GSA investments.

Modernization

Transportation bill includes recall tech upgrades

The long-term transportation bill pending in Congress would establish an online database of information on vehicle recalls and facilitate information sharing among critical infrastructure providers in emergencies.

Digital Government

Why Are There So Many Data Centers in Iowa?

“Networks, land, power, and taxes.”

Emerging Tech

Pentagon Watchdog: Show Us the Cost Benefit Analysis of Cloud

A forthcoming DOD IG audit may soon shed light on the extent the Pentagon and its components perform cost benefit analysis before acquiring cloud services.

Modernization

The future of cloud: Moving up the value chain

Cloud technology is reducing costs and enhancing agencies' focus on what to do with data instead of how to store or manage it. And that is only the beginning.

Modernization

NSA's bulk data program is shut down

The National Security Agency is replacing a controversial spying program with a new data collection regime approved under the USA Freedom Act.

Digital Government

The Internet Isn't Available in Most Languages

Despite all the hype about how it has connected the world, the web is more insular than you might think.

Modernization

Supercomputers get help with Fortran

The National Labs are using a new tool to integrate the 1950s-era Fortran computer language into their supercomputing infrastructure.

Modernization

Michael H. Brody

Michael Brody has a unique ability to reconcile mission needs with privacy protections, which requires close collaboration with DHS' many independent-minded components.

Modernization

Katherine Mullins

Katherine Mullins has been instrumental in enabling all levels of government to communicate securely via the Homeland Security Information Network.

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Nicholas Keshavarz-Nia

Noblis' Nicholas Keshavarz-Nia led development and deployment of an automated continuous monitoring solution that he now uses to support FedRAMP.

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Michael Wheeless

Michael Wheeless successfully demonstrated that commercial smartphones and tablets could connect securely from Navy ships to networks back ashore.