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

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.

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.

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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

5 Questions to Ask Before Redesigning Your Agency Website

Before embarking on this potentially time-consuming and costly endeavor, agency decision-makers need to ensure their teams have the right information.

Digital Government

Why the Definition of 'Computer' Keeps Changing

It used to be a person. Now, it's a machine. What's next?

Modernization

HHS develops resource portal, radiation detection tech

The aim is to provide an easy-to-use online catalog for quick disaster response.

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Video: Apps to Help You Conserve Water and Money

Smartphone users have several app options to help them reduce wasted water.

Modernization

What CIOs really think

Here are seven insights into the state of federal IT from the 25th annual CIO survey.