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.

Emerging Tech

Why Texting Is Dying Out

The cool kids have found a new way to talk.

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

In-Flight Voice Calls Could Aid Airlines More Than Passengers

The service could make it easier and cheaper to contact doctors and others on the ground.

Modernization

Using the cloud to break the 'iron triangle'

The vice president of Amazon Web Services’ Worldwide Public Sector predicts that the cloud will improve the government’s agility.

Modernization

A better, more social government in 2014

The General Services Administration's social media program manager has a short list of signals to watch.

Modernization

Commerce Needs More Money to Modernize the Census, Secretary Says

Pritzker also told techies she’s optimistic about the chances for immigration reform.

Modernization

More stuff that's not around any more

Steve Kelman muses on everything from IT acquisition to subway tokens.

Modernization

DOD's cautious path to the cloud

The Pentagon wants controls that go beyond FedRAMP, but critics claim DISA officials are dragging their feet.

Digital Government

Costs Could Climb for $1.5 Billion Terrorist Tracking System

A planned upgrade of a DHS database at the heart of the nation's effort to thwart foreign threats keeps going back to the drawing board.