Modernization

Feds Sue Amazon Over Kids' Spending

The online giant plans to fight the charges in court.

Modernization

Bill to Legalize Cell-Phone Unlocking Advances in the Senate

The legislation already passed the House and now heads to the Senate floor.

Modernization

Android's Factory Reset Doesn't Delete Everything. Here's How to Really Wipe Your Data

Security firm Avast purchased twenty used Android phones on eBay. Through extraction methods, they were able to recover old emails, texts, and even photos.

Modernization

Future of floating surveillance system in doubt

Privacy concerns and spending restraints could clip Army testing of a tethered UAS over the Washington area.

Modernization

U.S Marshals plot data strategy

Marshals aren't in the big data business, but their needs are expected to increase over the current capacity of 15 terabytes.

Modernization

Daring Deal

Amazon is building a cloud for the intelligence community under a plan to upend the status quo.

Modernization

Pivoting for the next big leap in government IT

For all the advancements we've seen in consumer technology and enterprise applications in the past couple of decades, government networks have remained largely unchanged.

Modernization

DOT CIO on cyber, shared services and 'technology that is changing constantly'

Transportation Department CIO Richard McKinney says striking a balance between centralized and decentralized IT is one of his greatest challenges.

Modernization

DEA probes geospatial cloud

The Drug Enforcement Administration hopes to establish a hybrid cloud environment that would allow federal, state and local governments to use the DEA's mapping tool.

Modernization

DEA probes geospatial cloud

The Drug Enforcement Agency plans to develop a mapping tool to be shared across federal, state, and local law enforcement.

Management

How to Remember All Your Passwords and Keep Them Safe

For anyone who’s been a web user for a significant amount of time, the number of such accounts that require passwords is high, unmanageable even.

Modernization

DoD plans upgrade to COBOL-based contract system

The Pentagon is looking to replace a 50-year-old content management system.

Modernization

DoD seeks ideas on mobile phones of the future

The government no longer drives the market for secure telecom because mobility is advancing faster than government procurement cycles.

Modernization

The cybersecurity framework and you

Deconstructing the tools that have emerged from Obama's executive order on securing critical infrastructure.

Modernization

Canceled procurement, gaps in VOIP, virtual currencies and the future of the Net

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

DARPA seeks online news provider

The proposed agency newsletter will serve an audience of about 120 DARPA personnel.

Modernization

Program management: The importance of architecture

Integrating a comprehensive business architecture into an IT program's technical architecture can reduce risk and save time and money.

Cybersecurity

Government Privacy Board Endorses NSA's Internet Spying

The surveillance is legal and effective, according to the panel.

Emerging Tech

Winner of Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Reveals His Identity

Tim Draper has invested in Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, Baidu, Theranos, Athenahealth, Solar City, and Box.