Modernization
Rules for the IoT: 'Only what's necessary and no more'
Industry advocates urge Congress to establish national standards for the Internet of Things, but not to use a heavy hand while doing so.
Ideas
The Future-Forward Cybersecurity Fix
The U.S. government is playing catch-up on security primarily because it has not been able to keep up with the advances in technology over the last decade.
Modernization
E-invoice mandate, Flash malware spike and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
The Slow Death of Google Plus
The tech giant announced it will be slicing out its social network from the rest of its services.
Emerging Tech
What Happens if There’s a Massive Data Breach in the Cloud?
Federal cloud security standards have been hugely successful thus far in ensuring cloud service providers that serve government customers aren’t bringing knives to gun fights.
Modernization
NIST launches step-by-step cyber guide series
The publication provides IT implementers and security engineers with a detailed security architecture to copy or recreate.
Modernization
Video: Google Maps' Timeline Can Show Every Place You've Ever Been
The tech giant is rolling out a digital travel diary.
Modernization
NIST on the Search for Innovative Mobile Apps
The Commerce agency's prize competition is to stimulate innovative solutions to advance how its data is being used.
Modernization
Talk more cloud
'Cloud' might be a tired buzzword, but in the federal technology space, the specifics of how cloud actually gets done aren't talked up enough, government cloud gurus say.
Modernization
Pictures from the stars, powered by cloud
NASA's Pluto flyby beamed never-before-seen images to audiences new and old. Cloud services helped make the event go smoothly.
Modernization
Video: Getting to Know Google's Wireless Service, Project Fi
A potentially smarter way to connect your smartphone.
Modernization
3PAO revisions and fragmented satellites
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
In Tech Innovation, Don’t Forget about Governance
Maria Roat, chief technology officer at the Transportation Department, called governance one of the biggest challenges she’s faced since she began last year.
Modernization
Your Butt-Dials Can Be Recorded, Federal Court Says
A federal appeals court said the recipients of butt- or pocket-dials are free to record what they hear.
Modernization
Need a Use Case for Cloud? Look to FCC
By the end of 2017, the agency's IT will be nearly 100 percent cloud based if all goes according to plan.
Ideas
How to Secure an Increasingly Mobile Federal Workforce
Adopting strong authentication by using derived PIV credentials may be an agency’s best and first line of defense.
Modernization
Jeh Johnson Says He'll Stop Checking Gmail from Work, 'Probably Should Have Done It Sooner'
Johnson addressed reports that he and his senior staffers were using work computers to check private webmail accounts.
Modernization
The thousand natural shocks that cloud is heir to
Migrating to the cloud is no Shakespearean tragedy, but the road is not always a smooth one, either.
Ideas