Modernization

Go open to transform legacy systems

Open-source service-oriented architecture can unlock the door to modernizing the government's legacy capabilities.

Modernization

Keys to IT innovation are in the approach

“The way we buy IT is a lot like the way we used to buy tanks and aircraft carriers,” said DHS's Keith Trippie. And he didn’t mean it in a good way.

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Agencies eye the possibilities of SDN

Software-defined networking is still in its infancy, but science-oriented networks already see the potential.

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FCC Deal Makes It Easier to Unlock Your Cellphone

Agreement comes after 114,000 people petitioned the White House.

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House bill would compensate agencies for giving up spectrum

The idea is to create an incentive for agencies to relinquish spectrum as part of a plan to free up 500 megahertz for commercial use by 2020.

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Japan Now Spends More on Mobile Apps Than Any Other Country

Per capita, the Japanese were spending 2.5 times as much on apps as Americans.

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Secret Service Plans Android Purchase Despite Other Agencies' Troubles

The Samsung smartphones will facilitate communication in the field during crises, documents say.

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Nuclear weapons facility upgrades resource management system

By using PeopleSoft, the Texas facility’s application could serve as a baseline for integration across the National Nuclear Security Administration.

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Obama wants agencies to push the Green Button

GSA, DOE and EPA are tasked with launching a pilot energy data exchange program at federal facilities within 120 days.

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Wheeler postpones spectrum auction until IT is tested

The disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov looms as an object lesson on proving technology before it is deployed.

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The scary truth about modernization

Delaying efforts to update or replace old IT systems has serious implications for agencies’ ability to achieve their missions.

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Now Your iPhone Can Pester You to Buy Whatever You’re Standing Next to

iBeacon sends alerts to your home screen when you're standing near an Apple store or other hotspot.

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Microsoft pushes back against surveillance

The company plans to strengthen encryption of customer data and take a more active role in challenging efforts to collect information on users.

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Could state law curtail NSA’s massive Utah data center?

A coalition of anti-surveillance activists wants to use local utilities as leverage to halt data collection.

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A better way to get bottles through security

Los Alamos develops screening technology to identify dangerous liquids.

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Pentagon Disconnects iPhone, Android Security Service, Forcing a Return to BlackBerry for Some

The Defense Department's new mobile device management system isn’t yet ready to protect Apple or Android smartphones and tablets.