Cybersecurity
Federal Agents Charged With Stealing Bitcoin
A former DEA official and a former Secret Service agent are accused of using Bitcoin to launder money during an investigation into Silk Road.
Ideas
Drop the ‘Magic’ Cloud Talk and 5 Other Steps to Cloud Migration Success
Agency CIOs and other tech officials need to clarify the conversations around cloud.
Modernization
A FedRAMP OK for Huddle, a server relocation dispute and national lab leadership changes
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Venkatapathi Puvvada: The coalition builder
Unisys Federal Systems' Venkatapathi Puvvada, this year's Eagle award winner for industry, stresses the importance of community.
Modernization
Huddle’s ‘Collaborative’ Cloud Offering Latest to Get FedRAMP Seal of Approval
The company's secure cloud collaboration service is the latest offering to meet FedRAMP security standards.
Modernization
Guthrie, Matsui renew bid to compensate federal agencies for spectrum
Under current law, agencies have no incentives to make more efficient use of their spectrum, curtail operations or share with other agencies.
Modernization
BlackBerry Is About to Hit Bottom
BlackBerry’s turnaround strategy -- focusing on software as its smartphone business has declined -- has not been pretty. But the worst may be here.
Modernization
Checking on Pre Check, FBI cyber and a real-life force field
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Private-sector drones test friendly foreign skies
Amazon says the FAA's approach to regulating unmanned aerial systems is outdated.
Emerging Tech
Steve Wozniak Says World Domination by Robots Could be Thwarted by Simple Physics
Several prominent scientists worry about the rise of artificial intelligence and robots, and about humanity’s place in the world if robots take over.
Modernization
Getting agile -- with acquisition and development alike
Switching to cloud-based services and agile development is as much about changing agency culture as it is about technology.
Modernization
The 4 Most Popular Federal Websites Aren’t Mobile Friendly
None of these highly trafficked dot-govs adhere to responsive Web design standards.
Modernization
Cloud for Public Good: Amazon Now Hosts Largest Public Collection of Satellite Imagery
AWS will host thousands satellite images in its public cloud through a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA.
Modernization
Cutting-edge agency goes old-school
DARPA wants to use analog computing processes to revolutionize simulation.
Modernization
Security-proofing agency business processes
Technology and business teams must come together to address the risks to systems and software that increasingly reside in cloud-based environments.
Modernization
Environmental datasets, reverse auction legislation and military email
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Amazon latest FAA drone certificate holder
The 48th experimental airworthiness certificate was granted for a design presented to the FAA by Amazon Logistics.
Modernization
Using a Smartphone May Make You Smarter
Scientists have discovered at least one way in which the smartphone affects the brain positively.
Emerging Tech