Modernization

No More Selfie Elbow? Drones Could Soon Be Snapping Your Self Portraits

This device, now in development, introduces a new way to use drones.

Digital Government

Hush-hush Data Firm Palantir Snags ICE Case-Tracking Deal

The deal is part of an $818 million program to replace a 1980s-era watch-list system.

Modernization

When Everything Works Like Your Cell Phone

When a thing connects to the Internet, three things happen: it becomes smart, it becomes hackable, and it's no longer something you own.

Modernization

FBI agents stymied by Sentinel search function

Evidence handlers, who are among the heaviest users of the FBI's online case management system, were the least satisfied, according to an IG report.

Modernization

17 hot companies to watch

From security and mobile to data management and open source, these firms are driving innovation in agency IT -- and growing their businesses in the process.

Modernization

Diana Gowen: The big telecom pivot

CenturyLink's longtime public-sector leader discusses the changing market and what to expect with NS2020.

Modernization

Apple’s New Predictive Text Apparently Reveals Passwords

The concern is that if anyone else gets hold of your iPhone, that person potentially could find and use all of your passwords.

Modernization

GAO rejects SRA FedRAMP protest

SRA International's protest of an HHS cloud contract failed because the firm did not document its qualification for an authority to operate under FedRAMP.

Modernization

DISA to cede procurement authority for commercial cloud to military services

The acting DOD CIO wants the department to move the commercial cloud faster. To do that, he plans to give military services more authority over the process.

Modernization

Briefcases That Imitate Cell Towers Help Agencies Track Phone Calls

Law enforcement agencies around the country can track and monitor telecommunications thanks to an FCC-approved device.

Modernization

Federal Regulators Force Shutdown of Fake Bitcoin-Mining Operation

At the FTC’s request, a federal court shut down Kansas-based Butterfly Labs, which had charged consumers thousands of dollars for out-of-date bitcoin computers.

Modernization

Is the Tide Turning Against Federal Telework?

It’s time and attendance versus getting work done.

Modernization

Five Reasons Why the Internet of Things May Already be Broken

There are some big obstacles before the internet of things can become a viable business.

Modernization

Surplus TSA airport scanner missed initial data scrubbing

One of 165 decommissioned scanners escaped with its data intact, but its hard drive was soon removed, according to an IG report.