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PSC presses GSA for EIS clarifications
A letter from the industry association reiterates questions about cost and structure for critical telecom contract.
Modernization
New DISA deputy wants to fortify networks
A few weeks into the job, Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel is calling on the Defense Information Systems Agency to do a better job of making Pentagon networks more resilient and secure.
Modernization
The Internet's watchmen applaud privacy
Security pros demonstrated that they, too, value privacy as they listened to a debate between a former NSA chief and one of the world's foremost privacy advocates.
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Exploding IoT has semiconductor industry calling for government help
Government needs to invest in semiconductor R&D, industry says, because research will play an increasingly crucial role in an increasingly connected world.
Modernization
How This Wireless Company is Beefing up Mobile Security in a New Way
Say hello to hardware that keeps your phone safer.
Digital Government
Using a Computer or Mobile Device Could Shave Years Off Seniors’ Mental Age
Another reason to not believe in the frequent claim that smartphones are making us dumb.
Modernization
It's 2015. Do you know where your data is?
Remote access of data is a beautiful and dangerous thing. When it comes to cloud and mobile, feds could take a breather and collect strategies instead of rushing headlong into the year-end spend-a-palooza.
Modernization
Help desk at State pinged Clinton's private email address
A State Department IT worker stumbled on Hillary Clinton's private email address in 2010, and wrote a note to Clinton about a possible glitch.
Modernization
What Can the Postal Service Learn from Uber?
The Office of the Inspector general suggested apps for mobile payment, and for scanning packages and paying for their pickup.
Modernization
FAA has looked at clouds from both sides now
A 10-year, $108 million deal with CSC Government Solutions will also include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and other cloud providers.
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FirstNet woos potential bidders
With initial funding and spectrum secured, the public safety broadband network must actually start building soon. And that will require the cooperation of telecom firms.
Modernization
Video: Meet Buddy, the Robot that Will Help Protect and Connect You
A lot of high-powered tech, wrapped up in an adorable package.
Modernization
GSA enters quiet mode on telecom RFP
The rest of the month will be spent making final changes to the RFP, so GSA will not be responding to additional inquiries.
Modernization
Interior renews support for obsolete tech
Microsoft declared Windows Server 2003 dead in July, but the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation is buying custom support for 100 licenses.
Cybersecurity
2 Easy Steps to Improve Privacy Policies
OK, they’re not so easy. But they would save us from the eternal amend-then-freak-out cycle
Modernization
Video: Geronimo Is a Cooler, Faster Way to Read Your Emails
A flick of the wrist takes you to the next email.
Emerging Tech
DISA Issues Pentagon-Friendly Cloud Computing Guide
The guide is aimed at DOD “mission owners” planning to move an existing information system from a physical environment to a virtualized cloud environment.
Modernization
Prioritizing authentication, GitHub attacked, Carter back to Silicon Valley and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Future Technologies Must Be Designed to Free Us From our Screen Addiction
Every digital experience is self-aware, tweaking and customizing itself to be better, more enticing—to suck users further in and increase its all-important “active users” metric.
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