Modernization

Pentagon Not Ready for Bring-Your-Own-Device Just Yet

DOD Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen said the initiative has been delayed as other business got in the way.

Emerging Tech

The Secret Lives of Hackathon Junkies

I spent three days on a bus with a bunch of hackers. Here’s what I learned.

Modernization

IARPA wants a quantum leap

The intelligence community's research shop has released an RFP to help it make quantum computing a practical big-data solution.

Modernization

DOE's new data-management tool aims to tame LHC data

Dubbed Big PanDA, Brookhaven National Laboratory's workload management system seeks to maximize Department of Energy supercomputer resources.

Modernization

DHS funding, election-season API, spectrum sharing and 'secure enough' mobility

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

MSPB suffers IT failure, says hack is not to blame

Merit Systems Protection Board data from as far back as November 2014 could be missing.

Modernization

Domain name delay, DHS funding, McCain on acquisition and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

A good day to try hard

A day filled with simultaneous network problems across multiple industries illustrates the complexity of the problem faced by cyber warriors, according to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.

Modernization

While Clinton ran private email system, State got high marks for managing records

When assessing records management, it all depends on who you ask.

Modernization

DHS Launches Federal Government's First FOIA App

The app is designed to make it easier for the public to request government documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

Modernization

Tech Tools That Let You Get Closer to Sharks

A roundup of apps, websites and livecams that will get you close—but not too close—to hammerheads, great whites and other ocean beasts.

Modernization

Like duct-taping airbags to a '65 Mustang

Federal CIO Tony Scott says trying to graft modern security features onto legacy IT systems is like slapping modern safety features onto a classic car: darn near impossible, and ugly.

Ideas

In the Future, We’ll All Use Our Phones to Identify Ourselves

The most successful mobile identity services highly depend on collaboration between public authorities, banks, telecom operators and the private sector.

Modernization

For NOAA, flexible cloud enables mammoth computing

NOAA is harnessing the potential of the cloud – and the innovation of the private sector – to deliver its enormous troves of data to the public.

Modernization

GSA ponders partnership with DISA on telecom

GSA is including a clause in the EIS contract to bring it in line with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System.

Modernization

18F delays RFQ again, DOD wants cloud, White House FISMA compliance and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

You're Doing It All Wrong: What Siri Wishes She Could Tell You

Put more faith in voice recognition technology.

Emerging Tech

You Could Buy Your Own Personal Jetpack by 2017

Martin Aircraft's P12 jetpack has a maximum speed of 46 miles per hour and can rise up to 3,000 feet.

Modernization

CIO Scott seeks new framework for government cloud

Federal CIO Tony Scott wants to re-imagine government processes for cloud.

Modernization

Should FedRAMP be the standard for all public sector?

Conversations with Canada, U.S. states are ongoing about how to leverage the federal cloud security framework.