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Video: Getting to Know Google's Wireless Service, Project Fi

A potentially smarter way to connect your smartphone.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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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Joint Interoperability Test Command looks for cloud certification

JTIC wants help determining if it can be a 3PAO for cloud security.

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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.

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What CIOs really think

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

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Do Encrypted Phones Threaten National Security?

A legislator compares manufacturing devices with strong, end-to-end encryption to dumping toxic waste in a stream.

Emerging Tech

FCC Wants to Operate 100 Percent in the Cloud by the End of 2017

FCC is going all-in on cloud computing and is currently in the middle of a “lift-and-shift."

Modernization

Google Wants to Make Your Cellphone Screen Disappear

The phones of the future might look very different.