Modernization

Cloudy with a chance of murky

Federal cloud managers say agencies must think in broad strokes without losing sight of the details and must relinquish tasks but not control.

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This New Technology Could Fall-Proof Your iPhone

The panic of dropping your iPhone may soon be a thing of the past.

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HealthCare.gov gets a last-minute cloud storage boost

An expected spike in demand during open enrollment could have overwhelmed existing capacity of the health insurance-purchasing website, threatening a replay of its botched 2013 launch.

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The World's Internet Addiction in 2 Charts

Brazilians most likely group to report spending every waking hour online, with Nigerians and South Africans not far behind

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How the Pentagon plans to bolster cloud security

A new report from the DOD CIO offers soup-to-nuts guidance on security for commercial cloud providers and Defense Department customers.

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Feds Accuse Sony of Overhyping PlayStation Features

If you bought a PlayStation Vita, you could soon be getting a refund thanks to a federal settlement.

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The FCC's one-man tweet storm

FCC CIO David Bray uses Twitter to tell the agency’s story and to be available to stakeholders.

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Murtaza Ahmed

This Lockheed Martin contractor is on a long-term mission to modernize IT at the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Shawn Wells

This Rising Star wrote a guide for the Security Content Automation Protocol that opened the door for federal agencies to adopt cloud-based solutions securely.

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Ngoc Vu

This Rising Star manages a 12-person team that has tackled some of the SEC's biggest IT endeavors.

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Brent Bensten

This Carpathia CIO developed a hybrid cloud offering for federal agencies that is FedRAMP-compliant.

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Tanusree McCabe

This Blackstone Technology Group manager helped DHS agencies save money by embracing Web content management as a service.

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US Marshals Migrate from BlackBerrys to iPhones

The Marshals also are testing a small number of Windows 8 tablets and Android-based smartphones.

Digital Government

Bug Accidentally Shut Down Military Open Source Software Portal

Problems with a backup system are preventing Pentagon from recovering Forge.mil.

Modernization

Here’s What the Rewrite of DOD’s Cloud Strategy Will Look Like

An update to the Defense Department’s cloud computing strategy aims to decentralize the process for purchasing commercial cloud solutions

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4 ways in-memory computing can bring agencies up to speed

As costs have come down and capacity has soared, the benefits extend to both budgets and performance.

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DIA fleshes out data science needs

While much of the DORE project remains classified, the Defense Intelligence Agency has released a few details about what it is looking for in the areas of Internet of things, social media and open-source support.

Emerging Tech

Immigrants Use Social Networking to Prove Residency

Applicants have submitted check-ins at restaurants and movie theaters, parties and sporting events, to show they were in the United States.