Digital Government
Patriot Act Architect: No More Spying Unless My NSA Reform Bill Passes
Sensenbrenner says officials risk losing all spying authorization next year if his Freedom Act doesn’t pass.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Schools Get $2 Billion Infusion for High-Speed Internet
The FCC will double its investment in fast connections for schools.
Modernization
The Energy Department Wants to Make Your Phone Charger More Efficient
DOE estimates that new standards will put close to $4 billion back in the pockets of American consumers.
Modernization
A new goal for data center consolidation?
The latest figures on data center closures will be made public the first week of March.
Emerging Tech
Commerce Seeks a Single System to Manage Its Citizen Services
Similar private-sector platforms allow customers to have a single profile across different divisions of a company.
Modernization
Why Google Just Sold Motorola to Lenovo for $3 Billion
Google originally bought the company for $12.5 billion in May 2012.
Modernization
Have Presidential Speeches Gotten More 'Tweetable'?
Not really, but the speech is but one piece of the spectacle of the State of the Union.
Modernization
Why Free Games Are Increasingly the Most Profitable Apps
The most downloaded apps are games.
Modernization
How Will the Government Regulate the Phones of the Future?
The FCC is about to study its regulations.
Modernization
What federal agencies can learn from the Super Bowl
The public safety cloud that supports security at the event serves as a case study in connecting numerous disparate groups and people to identify and mitigate risks.
Modernization
Survey pinpoints data-storage concerns
Data security and downtime are two of the major worries for IT decision makers.
Modernization
Rockefeller blasts private-sector metadata storage plan
The retiring chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee said he was “concerned any change of our current framework will harm both national security and privacy.”
Modernization
Moving to the cloud? Learn from CBP's mistakes
CTO Wolf Tombe's four years of early-adopter experience provides a host of hard-learned lessons.
Cybersecurity
The NSA Finally Names Its Internal Privacy Advocate
Rebecca Richards, a DHS official, has been selected as the agency's first civil liberties and privacy officer.
Modernization
Walter Reed brings crisis communications system online
The Navy Yard shooting in D.C. and the Fort Hood attack in Texas have increased the focus on workplace security at government installations.
Modernization
Highlighting some lessons learned by federal cloud users
Migration to the cloud yields real benefits, but only when thought through and managed properly, say federal IT leaders who have made the move.
Modernization
A Billion Smartphones Were Shipped in 2013—and That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
One way to boost growth: Convince people they need two phones.
Digital Government
The Day Before the State of the Union Has Been Full of NSA Leaks
New disclosures Monday by multiple publications suggest a coordinated effort to focus attention on NSA surveillance ahead of the president’s most important annual speech.
Modernization
White House: Terrorists, Like All of Us, Might Enjoy Playing Angry Birds
Says Jay Carney: "I mean, look. Terrorists, proliferators, other bad actors, use the same communcations tools that others use."
Emerging Tech