Modernization

The scary truth about modernization

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

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.