Emerging Tech
Video: Drones Take Center Stage at First-Ever Silicon Valley Fashion Show
A different kind of fashion week.
Modernization
Navy cloud and Air Force space launch
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Truly Autonomous Drones Are Coming, and They May Soon Deliver Packages to Your Door
Human operators of drones are prone to errors. One company is looking to make drones that are truly unmanned.
Digital Government
Metadata is the Missing Ingredient in Agencies’ Move to Electronic Record Keeping, Watchdog Says
Guidance for automatically transferring permanent records to the National Archives and Records Administration lacks metadata requirements. That could make parsing through electronic records difficult.
Modernization
Hackers Have Been Using the Starbucks App to Steal Money From Latte Drinkers
Any time you link an app to your bank account or credit card, you better use a good password.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Pay Equals Out at $112,000 in Government and Industry, Survey Says
Higher pay typically is not the deal breaker when information security professionals pass over military jobs for private sector positions.
Emerging Tech
What the Intelligence Community Can Teach the Rest of Government about Cloud
Three lessons from the National Security Agency and the CIA.
Modernization
Commerce will likely have to extend IANA contract
An ambitious deadline to transition U.S. control over a key piece of global Internet architecture to an international multi-stakeholder group will likely not be met.
Modernization
CBP needs better data picture from border tech
"You can't manage what you can't measure," was the message delivered by Sen. Tom Carper.
Modernization
Verizon's AOL Deal Could Lead to New Privacy Problems
AOL's advertising technologies could help Verizon better track users across devices.
Modernization
The IRS and IT: Sorting fact from fiction
Once a "poster child for IT," the IRS's high-profile problems are now all too similar to those experienced by other agencies.
Emerging Tech
Why Driverless Cars Don't Need Windows
Automated vehicles shouldn't look like the ones humans operate.
Emerging Tech
Many Feds Still Uneasy About Cloud Use
A new report found that 44 percent of polled government tech gurus remain “uncomfortable” or “very uncomfortable” turning IT services and applications over to cloud service providers.
Digital Government
Technology Popular Theme in Agency Competitions
Agencies held twice as many contests and challenges in 2014 as they did in 2012, and the number of prizes also rose over those two years.
Modernization
The Chinese Military Is Afraid Wearables Will Reveal its Secrets
China’s military released an ominous warning May 10, telling troops and the wider public that network-connected wearable devices pose a national security risk when used by military personnel.
Modernization
Amazon Drone Delivery Will Track Customers Down No Matter Where They Are
The retail giant has outlined a plan for its proposed delivery drones to get packages to you in half an hour, regardless of location.
Modernization
Video: All The Times Microsoft Was Actually Ahead of the Curve
Microsoft has been innovating for a long time.
Modernization
Cloud brokers, the sequel
The broker definition continues to evolve as new roles emerge and cloud deployments become more complex.
Modernization
Help wanted with 7 million lines of COBOL
The Railroad Retirement Board is looking to update its legacy IT systems.
Modernization