Digital Government
Webinars Are on the Rise as Federal Conference Spending Shrinks
Feds still like their BlackBerrys for checking email, survey also finds.
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Fixing VA tech, touting tourism data and upgrading from GPS
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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The Most Interesting Thing About Amazon’s 3D Phone Might Be How You Pay for It
There are few reasons for anyone to buy an Amazon phone other than price.
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The Cellphone Minutes That Come With … Insurance?
For extremely low-income families, insurance payouts for a health crisis can make the difference between temporary destabilization and a downward economic spiral.
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Don't throw me into the savings tar pit
Alan Balutis warns that IT cost savings rarely work out as planned.
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Vendors Scramble as FedRAMP Cloud Services Deadline Arrives
Companies will likely have a few more months before oversight bodies begin to seriously enforce compliance.
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How VA's $36 million move to the cloud evaporated
The Department of Veterans Affairs IT shop scuttled a long-planned cloud deal because of worries about email retention and security concerns.
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Faster CDM, the global cloud, a $917M 'Space Fence' and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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The Future of Mobile Phones Doesn’t Include Phone Calls
Voice traffic on mobile networks will peak in 2015, then revert back to around 2011 levels by 2019.
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Dealing with the FedRAMP deadline
A day ahead of GSA's deadline for cloud service providers to be certified, both government and vendors say they have seen an evolution in attitudes and strategies.
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Edward Snowden: I Had More Access Than Almost Any Other Official in the Intelligence Community
The man responsible for leaking classified National Security Agency documents says he wasn't just "some low-level employee."
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CFTC mulls retooling market surveillance for high-frequency trading
An alphabet soup of regulators collect data on financial transactions, but a universal eye into markets is still on the drawing board.
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Marine Corps Finds Pentagon’s Mobile Plan is No Bargain
Without a cheaper commercial alternative, it will be too costly to put more smartphones and tablets in the hands of Marines.
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Bitcoin Is No Longer the Worst Investment in the World
Now it’s merely the third worst.
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HP Launches High Security Private Cloud for Public Sector
Helion hopes to meet FedRAMP requirements within the next six to nine months.
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New U.S. Ambassador Swore Her Oath on an E-Reader
Suzi LeVine, the newest Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein is a former Microsoft executive.
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Mobile Is Eating Global Attention: 10 Graphs on the State of the Internet
Online photo sharing has sextupled in two years. Nigerians are on their phones 30 percent more than Americans. We now spend more time on mobile than on print and radio combined.
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Smoothing the path to the cloud
TechAmerica releases a guide for agencies looking to move infrastructure and data to the cloud.
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Vice chair promoted to top spot at FirstNet
Longtime telecom exec Sue Swenson replaces Sam Ginn at the agency leading an effort to build a nationwide, interoperable public safety mobile broadband communications network.
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