Cybersecurity
$460 Million CYBERCOM Contract Coming this Month; ‘Cyber Joint Munitions’ Help Wanted
The first job under the forthcoming contract to outsource all mission support involves a lot of digital munitions-making.
Modernization
$50B federal telecom RFP coming in mid-October
The General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract will anchor the agency's NS 2020 telecommunications strategy.
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18F builds cloud platform, FirstNet tweaks RFP and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Video: It Might Get Easier to Make Payments with Your Mobile Device
Feel free to leave your wallet at home.
Emerging Tech
Americans Love Technology—but They Want Their Privacy Back
A new poll shows people have mixed feelings about the growing reliance on digital data in daily life.
Modernization
DHS seeks smarter smart cards
An RFI for personal identity verification card technology and integration follows a summer of cybersecurity concerns and PIV testing across the federal government.
Modernization
20 Percent of Americans Say They Use Wearable Tech
Wearables are no longer just arm candy for tech geeks.
Ideas
The 9-Point Federal Plan to Kill Cyberattacks with Mobile
In 2016, more government agencies will be using advanced strategies to thwart cyberattacks with a focus on mobile strategies.
Digital Government
Video: The Easiest Ways to Back Up Your Files
Not backing up your files is a huge risk. Stop it.
Modernization
Don't Have Unlimited Data? You Might Want to Turn Off This New iOS9 App
Beware of a new feature called "Wi-Fi Assist".
Modernization
The shifting IT shopping lists
A survey of buyers of government IT found surprising trends in the solutions being sought.
Modernization
Will protecting Wi-Fi crowd out innovation?
Industry is pushing back against the prospect of spectrum restrictions as the age-old tradeoff – stability or innovation – looms with mobile connectivity.
Modernization
'The Internet of Other People’s Things'
During an impassioned National Telecommunications and Information Administration meeting, lawyers and stakeholders slogged away at a drone-flying guide.
Modernization
If the Intelligence Community Can Do Cloud, Why Can’t The Rest of Government?
Many agencies today are still using cloud computing similar to 2010, one official says.
Modernization
UN Peacekeeping Needs Major Technological Update
For peacekeepers to be effective, they need up-to-date tech at their disposal.
Modernization
EIS RFP might spill into October
GSA says it will set the fees agencies pay to use the telecom contracting vehicle “significantly” lower than originally planned.
Cybersecurity
Tax Collectors Want 'Selfies' to Prove You Are Who You Say You Are
States receive federal funds to verify the smartphone self-portraits of citizens, as a means of preventing refund fraud.
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