Cybersecurity

Aussie Military Yanks Luxottica Contract after Personnel Data Sent Offshore

Likely all defense employees who have received optical services since 2012 were affected.

Modernization

GSA steps away from financial, HR services

The agency will no longer provide shared services in those areas to focus on core competencies, such as acquisition and IT.

Modernization

13 things that are about to change at VA

With a new secretary in place and reform legislation headed for the president's desk, Department of Veterans Affairs IT and management practices have some big revisions ahead.

Modernization

FCC Chief 'Deeply Troubled' by Verizon Plan to Slow Traffic

Tom Wheeler suggests the new policy may run afoul of net neutrality.

Digital Government

Why Federal IT Reform Is Getting Cheaper

Pared-down Senate bill is projected to cost less than House-passed measure.

Modernization

4 keys to digitizing federal records

A closer partnership between records management and IT leaders will make digitization seamless and foster a more open government.

Digital Government

After Delays, USCIS Sets New Deadline for Digital Immigration Records

USCIS chief calls modernizing IT systems ‘one of my top challenges'

Modernization

Need to Know Memo: Going Hybrid

Going hybrid could be the answer to your agency's cloud conundrum.

Modernization

What feds can learn from the global open data effort

Many countries have been using XBRL format for government data as a national standard for years.

Modernization

NASA seeks input on data center consolidation strategies

The agency wants proposals for short-term and long-term fixes.

Modernization

Amazon’s Cloud Price War With Google Is Starting to Hurt

Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud-computing business, is now mature enough to affect Amazon’s overall numbers.

Modernization

Cloud Computing Stymies Digital Forensics Investigations

Investigators sift through bits and bytes to solve crimes, but cloud presents challenges

Modernization

State's passport and visa system crashes

Problems with the Consular Consolidated Database could strand thousands of people waiting for documents around the globe.

Modernization

FBI plans Amazon cloud for developers

The FBI is looking for an unclassified system that conforms to the FISMA-moderate security level.

Modernization

iPhones Have a Major Security Hole That Apple Installed on Purpose

If you use an iPhone or iPad, your photos, web history, and GPS logs are vulnerable to theft and surveillance via back-door protocols running on all iOS devices.

Modernization

Airport security, health IT, cyber-collaboration and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.