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

Navy Will Conduct a Cost Analysis of Shift to DISA Cloud Email

The service will evaluate alternatives before complying with a Pentagon directive.

Modernization

10 Million People Are Trying to Tweet, Text, and Phone Home to the Philippines

As many as 13 million Filipinos work abroad, and they're desperately trying to reach their families and friends.

Modernization

How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines

Volunteers across the world are building the digital infrastructure for the organization's Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts.

Modernization

How Many Astronauts Believe Aliens Exist?

All of them, according to former Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. At least somewhere.

Modernization

With BlackBerry's Future Uncertain, Pentagon Readies a Contingency Plan

The company makes the only devices yet approved to operate on Defense networks, but that could soon change.

Modernization

How Mobile Apps Could Transform Rural Health Care

Telemedicine is transforming health-care for Americans. But the system still needs work.

Emerging Tech

Congress.gov Coming This Month

Site will replace 18-year-old Thomas.gov for legislative information.

Digital Government

Cloud-Based Network Defense Frustrates Army Exercise Commander

Brigade chief says he needs local control over the ‘cyber fight’ affecting his computer systems.

Modernization

Judge: IBM gamed procurement system in CIA cloud bid

Unsealed court order says IBM 'manipulated its pricing' to provide grounds for a protest if it lost the contract.

Modernization

SAM, the cloud, and the new environment

Cloud computing presents new challenges to software asset management, so SAM strategies should be adapted to fit the nature of individual agency networks.

Modernization

IBM passes FedRAMP muster

Big Blue becomes the 10th certified cloud provider.

Modernization

CIA-backed Cloud Security Firm Buys Encryption Company to Help Spy-Wary Industry

To address corporate concerns about storing information at data centers accessible by intelligence agencies, HyTrust acquires HighCloud.

Digital Government

Agencies Could Save Nearly $6 Billion From IT Consolidation

The savings estimate from a government auditor is more than double the White House’s figure.

Digital Government

Senate Bill Would Make Data Center Consolidation the Law

Legislation would require annual reports on agencies' consolidation plans and progress.

Modernization

Automated collision prevention: On the way or out of reach?

Technology that would enable vehicles to avoid impending crashes has moved into the real-world test stage, but creation of the massive wireless communications network required to make such a system work remains a major roadblock.