Modernization

Finding nukes faster

Sandia has tested a new lightweight, portable technology that can image an entire building at a glance.

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The FBI's Secret House Meeting to Get Access to Your iPhone

The administration argues that encryption is making it difficult for police to catch dangerous criminals.

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3D Christmas challenge, a GSA cloud deal and 'improper gratuities'

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

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VA's digital benefits system closes in on 1M claims

Department credits a fully deployed computer system with helping make a sizable dent in the department’s disability claims backlog.

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Defense Mobile Update: BlackBerry Still Dominates

BlackBerry devices in use by the Defense Department total 85,000 -- 10 times the number of Apple and Android devices.

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Cyberattacks, DeSalvo staying, elegant ID and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

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Here Are Six Nearly Certified Cloud Services Waiting in the Wings

A new list of “RedRAMP Ready Systems” is meant to make it easier for agencies to comply with security controls.

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The Future of Wearable Technology Sounds Kind of Awful

A new report out from the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers concludes that sooner or later wearable technology will catch on.

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Budget forecasts, campaign apps and congressional data centers

News and notes from around the federal IT community

Cybersecurity

Cyber E-Book Turns Spotlight on Threat Vectors

The “Emerging Threats: Assessing 2014 Attack Vectors” explores the threat landscape for five different areas.

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Why Your Smartphone Won't Be Faster Anytime Soon

Thanks to a lawsuit from TV stations, the FCC is delaying an airwave auction until 2016.

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A New Tool in Humanitarian Relief: Texting

Understanding how Ebola is impacting the food supply is far easier when a robot is running the survey.

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USCIS looks to the cloud for E-Verify

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is considering shifting data processing for the employee verification system to the cloud while maintaining the public-facing Web presence.

Cybersecurity

DHS Expects to Outsource Employment Verification Checks to the Cloud

Draft contract states ID confirmation for "MyE-Verify" would be hosted in a remote facility.

Modernization

The Queen Is Now Tweeting

The official account had been building up to the tweet throughout the day, highlighting the 88-year-old monarch’s past technological milestones.

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Will This Google App Really Reinvent Email?

Google’s Inbox is not an email app. It is a personal assistant, a tool for reminders, and a way to quickly scan incoming information all in one.

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A mountain of net neutrality comments, a privacy paradox, ransomware warnings and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

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Social Security wants new outreach channels

The communications solutions would include chat, video messaging, secure screen sharing and ways for users to send attachments.

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Moving to the cloud (or finding reasons to wait)

A new survey of federal cloud efforts finds a number of pitfalls, both real and perceived, as agencies migrate to a cloud services provider.