Modernization

This Classroom in a Suitcase Puts 40 Kids Online via Virtually Unbreakable Tablets

A hard plastic suitcase is being marketed as the thing to transform education in Africa.

Modernization

DISA looking for info on cloud-based military email

An RFI outlines the parameters for moving the Pentagon's unclassified email system to the cloud.

Artificial Intelligence

DHS Wants Boeing to Test a Brain Chip in Firm’s Self-Destructing 'Black' Spyphone

The secret sauce of the mobile device is a so-called neuromorphic computer chip that imitates human learning,

Modernization

Pentagon to Industry: How Should We Do Cloud-Based Email for 1.6 Million Employees?

The Pentagon’s next-generation unclassified email system may exist entirely in the cloud.

Modernization

Four years on, Army common operating environment takes shape

Army IT personnel are using code to integrate C2 nodes into a common architecture that is the backbone of the sensor computing part of the COE.

Modernization

Connecting the cyber and the physical

NIST is looking for feedback on its evolving framework for systems that connect the real world and the computer world.

Modernization

Massive Security Breach Hits Apple’s App Store in China

Chinese users who download some of the nation’s most popular apps could find their personal information extracted by hackers, security experts say.

Modernization

Papal security shines spotlight on information sharing

DHS set up Multi-Agency Communications Centers to coordinate the security work of dozens of agencies.

Modernization

Moving Beyond Pre-Season in Federal Cloud

It is time to revisit spending nearly all funding on legacy environments, and truly appreciate and benefit from the innovation and value that moving to the cloud can bring.

Digital Government

5 Tech Projects from HHS' Accelerator Demo Day

One is a mobile app that would help FDA researchers inspect fresh meat for bacteria at local grocery stores.

Modernization

Video: Upgrading to iOS 9? Here Are Some New Hidden Features

Multitaskers should rejoice.

Modernization

So many credentials: 23 certifications in high demand

Here's a list of almost two dozen IT certifications that are in high demand in both government and the private sector.

Digital Government

Agencies Saved Billions by Cutting Low-Priority IT Projects. But What Did They Do With the Savings?

Many agencies aren’t properly tracking how they’re using the cost savings to fund innovative new projects.

Modernization

Facebook Says It's Introducing a Dislike Button

The biggest social network might become a lot more negative.

Ideas

4 Key Customer Experience Strategies To Become Citizen Obsessed

Governments that fall further behind in customer engagement risk much more than just public criticism and electoral defeat.

Modernization

Video: How to Preserve Your iPhone Battery

Don't let apps suck away all your phone's power.

Modernization

Can feds dodge the Cisco router hack?

Cisco's commercial routers have been compromised in four countries, but experts say federal agencies are probably in no more danger than the private sector.

Artificial Intelligence

Tech Experts Predict What 2025 Will Look Like

Nearly everyone surveyed was hopeful about the life-changing prospects of the Internet of Things.

Cybersecurity

Contractors Say Proposed Hack Reporting Rules Aren’t Strict Enough

'This is exactly the interpretive, decentralized behavior that has produced the current state of network security vulnerabilities.'