Digital Government
Congress Tries to Curtail NSA Spying, Sort Of
Issue of eavesdropping on specific U.S. individuals’ communications is personal for Senators and House members.
Modernization
Issa, Connolly launch Cloud Caucus
The bipartisan group aims to "address the federal government’s dismal record of procuring and using information technology."
Emerging Tech
How iPhones are Forcing Banks to Rethink Brick-and-Mortar Branches
The biggest banks are reshaping how they interact with retail customers and in many cases shrinking their expansive branch networks.
Digital Government
Experts Say HealthCare.gov Could Be Hacked
Security consulting firms have identified 20 weak points on the site.
Modernization
Hard to talk? It’s training, not tech
A Virginia police official said the communications problems on the day of the Navy Yard shooting were a result of too much talking, not too little.
Modernization
Next up for acquisition workforce: virtual training
The Federal Acquisition Institute wants to develop mobile apps to help employees experiment with techniques and strategies in a low-risk environment.
Modernization
Social Security seeks software for private cloud
SSA was an early cloud computing adopter and is one of the few non-intelligence agencies to put big data to use.
Modernization
Border bots target tunnel smuggling
The wireless robot-based program is aimed at disrupting the flow of contraband without putting agents in harms' way.
Modernization
What You Need to Know About the New Internet Rules
Carriers can charge websites for faster service or even block some data from entering all together.
Modernization
GWAC goes social
The GSA portal is aimed at building a dialogue between government and contractors.
Modernization
Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality
But the three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit sided with Verizon's lawsuit, saying the FCC acted outside its authority by enacting the rules.
Modernization
Why Facebook Just Agreed to Give Data to Russia’s Biggest Search Engine
Russians prefer VKontakte, a home-grown social network that, in addition to connecting friends and groups, also functions as a dating site.
Modernization
How You’ll Write Emails on the Tiny Screen of a Smartwatch
Kids of the near future could be writing term papers on these.
Modernization
Encryption challenges move to the cloud
Cloud computing is expanding the data encryption and key management issues agencies face.
Ideas
Edward Snowden and the Power of Cloud Computing
The gap between technology and the law grows wider, with no bridge in sight.
Modernization
Data center closures continue apace -- or do they?
OMB is close to achieving its original target for FDCCI, but that goal was set before the actual number of data centers was revealed to be more than double the initial estimates.
Modernization
The Target Data Breach Is Worse Than You Thought
Up to 70 million Target customers are now believed to have had their data stolen, up from an original estimate of 40 million.
Modernization
Looking for LinkedIn's next tipping point
Will 2014 see feds start to actively engage in the social network?
Modernization