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.
Modernization
DEA Anticipates Awarding Contract for Sensitive Justice Cloud
Potential savings are a key motivator for the drug-fighting agency's move.
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