Modernization

Air Force headquarters transitions to enterprise email

The USAF move follows the Army's migration to the program, completed in August 2013.

Emerging Tech

Bitcoin Is Broken—Here's a Simple Plan to Fix It

It doesn't work as a currency, but it could help build the financial architecture of web payments. Here's how.

Modernization

Fed IT transformation a no-brainer? Not so fast

Juggling competing priorities makes agency IT overhauls an often overwhelming exercise.

Modernization

Why the Land Line Is About to Die

FCC's coming decision will shape how we communicate for decades to come.

Modernization

The big switch

Telecom carriers are eager to see federal agencies get moving on the changeover to IP-based networks.

Modernization

How the speed of technological change can be an opportunity

Former USDA CIO Chris Smith, now AT&T's vice president of technology, says government is coping reasonably well but could do more to lead.

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

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.