Cybersecurity
GSA Has a New Plan for Cloud Providers Navigating Changing Security Standards
Transition plan provides specific FedRAMP guidance to CSPs at varying stages.
Modernization
BYOD Cost the Energy Department More Than Supplying Government Phones
Department could save $2.3 million in three years with better mobile management, auditor finds.
Modernization
How Africa Beat the West at Reinventing Money for the Mobile Age
Mobile money exploded because the continent’s cash economy was ripe for disruption.
Modernization
DARPA seeks to redefine autopilot
ALIAS project aims for portable and configurable automation that can be plugged into a wide range of aircraft.
Modernization
Verizon sells Federal Network Systems unit
The telecom giant's federal systems integration shop will become part of Jacobs Engineering Group, a diverse, global engineering and construction company that has interests in IT.
Modernization
In Aereo’s Supreme Court Case, What’s Really on Trial is the Cloud
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in that same case on April 22.
Modernization
VDI moves to the cloud
To counter the strain desktop virtualization can put on data centers and administrators, some agencies and vendors are turning to desktop as a service.
Digital Government
Google’s Search Juggernaut Is Showing Some Cracks
Amid the transition away from PCs to mobile devices, investors have questions.
Modernization
It Took Just Four Days to Hack the Samsung Galaxy S5's Fingerprint Scanner
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is integrated with PayPal, and the fingerprint scanner is used to authorize transactions and money transfers in the device.
Modernization
The accidental database administrator
Here are five things administrators need to know to successfully manage mission-critical databases.
Digital Government
GSA's Dave McClure to Retire
The associate administrator of the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies was a leader in key initiatives.
Digital Government
When Your Hearing Aid Is an iPhone
A company is trying to remove the social stigma associated with hearing loss.
Modernization
E-Filing Enables IRS to Issue Refunds Faster Despite Shutdown, Smaller Staff
A rise in computer tax filing helped the agency process more returns faster
Emerging Tech
How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper
The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.
Modernization
Amazon and Google Are Battling to Dominate the Cloud -- and Amazon May Already Have Won
Whatever the endgame, it could take decades to reach. In the meantime, this is a fight that rewards scale.
Modernization
FirstNet leader D'Agostino resigns
The general manager's departure comes as the First Responder Network Authority is in the process of developing a business plan and expanding its staff.
Modernization
DARPA explores drone-powered Wi-Fi
Research agency's program would put hotspots in the air to bring broadband to troops in the field -- much as Google is looking to do for consumers with its Titan Aerospace acquisition.
Modernization
From the Cloud to Your Pentagon-Issued Phone
The Defense Department plans to augment cloud services to work on mobile devices, a Defense Department acquisition manager said.
Modernization
Long: NGA is moving toward 'immersive intelligence'
The NGA director said the Map of the World can "break down the barriers between collectors, analysts, customers and decision-makers."
Modernization