Emerging Tech
The Human Genome’s Secrets: Unlocked and Online
The National Human Genome Research Institute wants a Web museum.
Modernization
Netflix's Net-Neutrality Plea Gets Rejected by the FCC
The government has a critical role in how networks connect to each other, it's just not a net neutrality issue, FCC chair says.
Modernization
Lawmaker: Staffing expenses threaten CBP tech acquisition
Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske assured appropriators that his agency is moving ahead with cost-efficient programs to monitor borders and ports of entry.
Modernization
Wi-Fi Is About to Get Faster
The FCC freed up more airwaves for wireless Internet traffic.
Modernization
State Taps Atlantic Media CTO to Manage Digital Diplomacy Program
The Obama team's former technology architect led the group that created the We the People petition site.
Modernization
FCC seeks $13.5 million for IT modernization
Chairman Tom Wheeler calls his agency's computer systems incompatible and highly inefficient.
Modernization
Facebook Predicts Future Internet Powered by Drones and Lasers
Mark Zuckerberg sets his sights on bringing the Web to "every person in the world."
Modernization
TSA wants to link alarms with CCTV
Improving the interoperability of first responders' radio systems was also among the recommendations in a report written in response to the killing of a TSA officer last fall at LAX.
Modernization
DOD approves four cloud solutions for department-wide use
Commercial offerings meet DOD Impact Levels 1 and 2.
Modernization
Much ado about milCloud
DISA launches its internal cloud service, and industry players worry the deck may be stacked against them.
Modernization
4 key trends that every CIO should watch
The hot topics of 2014 are evolving quickly, and they present challenges and opportunities for federal agencies.
Modernization
Rochford to run telecom technology lab
The new Colorado-based facility is a joint NIST/NTIA effort.
Modernization
'The end of hype for cloud'
The next step in making the most of cloud services is establishing effective acquisition strategies for federal agencies.
Modernization
Military Green Lights Amazon Cloud for Defensewide Use
Decision based on FedRAMP tests and additional security controls.
Modernization
Cloud's potential depends on interoperability
Cloud technology is becoming a force multiplier for emerging mobility and big data capabilities at federal agencies.
Modernization
FCC chief to propose spectrum-sharing rules
The move is the latest step in a longstanding plan to put 500 MHz of federal and non-federal spectrum into private hands.
Ideas
U.S. Cloud Services Companies Are Paying Dearly for NSA Leaks
The agency could consider economic impacts of its practices.
Digital Government
Microsoft Offers Agencies Incentives to Drop Windows XP
Agencies upgrading to Windows 8 receive discounts and robust Office 365 cloud service.
Modernization
NFV: Turning network activities into software
Network functions virtualization promises to save time and money by running components such as firewalls and intrusion detection as virtual machines.
Modernization