Emerging Tech

How Agencies Use Data To Understand How Humans Interact With the Environment

Officials in some agencies are thinking about harvesting data from the Internet of Things to help citizens.

Ideas

6 Reasons Your Agency Needs an App Store

Does your agency have an enterprise app store? If not, then consider these six benefits to adoption.

Modernization

AT&T Faces $100 Million Fine in FCC's First-Ever Net-Neutrality Case

The wireless carrier, which is also fighting FTC charges, limits "unlimited" data.

Modernization

DISA looks to fine-tune JRSS software

Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen says software is one of the missing pieces of the Joint Regional Security Stacks puzzle. DISA says it is getting closer to solving that puzzle.

Modernization

FedRAMP: Red tape or silver bullet?

Federal tech leaders are torn on how FedRAMP could help or hinder the monumental shift to commercial cloud.

Modernization

Back-end of HealthCare.gov remains in development

HHS internal watchdog recommends automated IT for advance payments under the health care law.

Modernization

Government lags in point-of-contact satisfaction

Use of agency websites as the preferred avenue of citizen contact with government nearly doubled in just two years, says a new study.

Digital Government

DISA Plans to Cut Redundant Tech in 2015-2020

In its strategic plan, DISA states its intent to take advantage of commercially available cloud technology, among other efforts.

Modernization

Tight budgets can fuel innovation, say top IT leaders

Fiscal necessity is the mother of invention in federal IT.

Modernization

NSF grants, an EIS workshop and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

GSA posts details of telecom pricing

In some of its latest posts on the Interact website, GSA explained how some of its planned pricing catalogs will work.

Cybersecurity

After OPM Debacle, Three-Step Biometric ID Checks Are Coming

Of the 24 major federal departments, OPM and 15 other agencies can log into government systems with only a username and password.

Modernization

Interoperable radio issues still hound DHS

Almost 14 years after the September 11 attacks, radio interoperability remains a dream deferred.

Modernization

Agencies Spend Big on Cloud This Year

Federal cloud contract awards have already surpassed last year, according to a recently released study by market research firm Deltek.

Modernization

Of garden hoses, tennis bracelets and FedRAMP

"Not every application is meant for the cloud," says the director of the GSA program that certifies cloud security.

Digital Government

Why Apple Is Suddenly So Obsessed With Your Privacy

Apple claims it does not pass along your data to third parties or use it to profile you.

Modernization

Aaron Levie: 'You can have a mindset of moving quickly'

Box's CEO discusses innovation, the "black box" of government and getting Silicon Valley to engage with agencies.