Digital Government
White House Declares Tentative Victory Over HealthCare.gov Woes
The site can now support 50,000 simultaneous users with response times under 1 second.
Emerging Tech
How an App Could Save the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
NOAA wants to make it easy for ships to avoid striking the mammals.
Modernization
Bidding Process Begins for Cancer-Curing Computer Clouds
National Cancer Institute pilot project will let researchers remotely analyze genomic data.
Modernization
Cash Is Dead. Are Credit Cards Next?
Tech start-ups across the country offer new ways for payment, which could make carrying credit cards a thing of the past.
Digital Government
Cloud-based Army Network Defense Needs Tweaks to Support Tactical Units
System needs to be 'combat responsive,' exercise shows.
Modernization
See Something Say Something Has Aided 2,000 Probes, But How Many Arrests?
Public data sets outlining counterterrorism results could help the program shake off a bad rep, advisers say.
Modernization
Social media: The next generation of archiving
Agencies have gotten into the habit of archiving email, but now they face the task of preserving another category of electronic documents: social media communications.
Modernization
GSA claims big savings from Networx
$678 million in 2013 savings were realized by consolidating purchases and leveraging federal buying power, the program's manager says.
Modernization
The Quest to Build an NSA-Proof Cloud
European leaders want to go head to head with Amazon and Google.
Modernization
A fundamental shift -- and a long-term proposition
It might take a generation for federal IT managers to fully digest the technological evolution of the past few years.
Modernization
Say 'Cheese' -- and Happy Birthday! -- to the International Space Station
App alerts citizens and astronauts to the best time for snapping a flyby photo.
Modernization
Supporters renew push for federal data center bill
A House bill designed to improve the energy efficiency of federal data centers could wind up as part of a bipartisan Senate energy measure.
Digital Government
DISA, Evidently, Has Enough Commercial Cloud for Now
Agency may whittle down cloud buy’s value.
Modernization
Study details challenges in government cloud contracting
An analysis of five public-sector contracts yields best practices for avoiding cloud pitfalls in a new report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
Digital Government
Cisco’s Bad Quarter Shows How NSA Spying Could Freeze American Companies Out of a Trillion-dollar Opportunity
Bellwether Cisco indicates American tech companies are no longer welcome in Russia and other emerging markets.
Modernization
Supercomputer Watson Will Soon Be Available To Everyone
The initiative is IBM's attempt to get into cloud computing services to compete with the likes of Google and Amazon.
Modernization
Autonomic gets DOD FedRAMP OK
The first cloud provider to achieve compliance has now become the first to pass the additional security controls DOD requires.
Modernization
Mobile Phones Are Now as Crucial as Food and Water in Emergency Aid
The foreign assistance streaming into the Philippines includes technology to facilitate communications.
Modernization
Pentagon Gives FedRAMP-Certified Cloud Provider a Green Light for Handling Military Data
Autonomic Resources cleared additional hurdles beyond those required for hosting information from civilian agencies.
Modernization