Modernization
MyUSA again, Deltek's GovCon study and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
App Glitches Cost Agencies Millions of Dollars in Lost Productivity
From email to enterprise-resource planning systems, applications are often critical to keeping agency operations running along.
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iOS and Android About to Get Updated—Here’s Where They Stand Now
A snapshot of the smartphone market
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What workers – especially millenials – want
Agencies and industry face mounting challenges as young, telecommuting employees feel less engaged with their work. How can leaders keep talent from disconnecting or leaving altogether?
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Survey: 'Always-on' mindset slow to penetrate government
A new survey of federal IT professionals found that 51 percent need a day or more to find and fix app performance problems.
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Tech firms, privacy advocates push White House on encryption
A group that includes Google, Apple and Microsoft wants the Obama administration to drop efforts to provide law enforcement with access to encrypted communications.
Emerging Tech
This Social Network Only Exists for Discussing the Weather
Thanks to digital broadcasting technology and IP-enabled cable boxes, viewers can interact with the hosts in real time.
Emerging Tech
Google's New Self-Driving Car Is About to Hit the Streets
Here’s everything you need to know about Prototype.
Modernization
Air Force makes more NETCENTS-2 awards
Twenty firms named to $7.9 billion network operations and infrastructure solutions contract.
Emerging Tech
Video: Drones Take Center Stage at First-Ever Silicon Valley Fashion Show
A different kind of fashion week.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Verizon's AOL Deal Could Lead to New Privacy Problems
AOL's advertising technologies could help Verizon better track users across devices.
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