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FirstNet readies spending plan
The board of the federal agency charged with managing the development of a nationwide wireless emergency communications network has approved an almost $200 million spending plan for the project in 2014 and appointed a White House budget official to manage it.
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And Finally, the 3D Fax Machine—but Why Would You Want One?
The all-in-one desktop 3D printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine will hit Kickstarter soon.
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Can We Trust Google With the Stratosphere?
Project Loon is Google's plan to bring Internet to places that don't have it. It's also Google's plan to put its unmanned aerial vehicles all over the globe.
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USPS picks vendor for cloud-based ID management hub
The federal government’s first major pilot program for cloud-based identity management now has a vendor, and it's Canadian.
Digital Government
DISA Plans To Tap Seven to 10 Vendors for Commercial Cloud Buy
Officials nixed the use of offshore storage.
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Amazon rips GAO, IBM in lawsuit over CIA cloud deal
Suit claims IBM protest was "meritless;" IBM counters with its "long history of delivering successful transformational projects."
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Is there an IT-acquisition generation gap?
GSA's Mark Day warns that disconnects could complicate already-difficult IT challenges.
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Making Prison Phone Calls Cheaper: Why It Matters
A conversation with Mignon Clyburn, acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission
Digital Government
Ignore Those Rumors: The White House Doesn’t Oppose IT Reform, Lawmaker says
The U.S. CIO and other officials are more supportive of reform than it might appear, according to Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard Aviators Shop for a Course-Plotting iPad App
To avoid a cockpit computer hijacking, USCG should require the software be made-in-America, security experts warn.
Modernization
Interior Cloud Storage Contract Could Be Worth $10 Billion
The contract was awarded in May after a lengthy bid dispute.
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Interior making big moves to the cloud
The Interior Department is making a big push to the cloud in the midst of transforming its IT capabilities by awarding 10 contracts valued at as much as $10 billion over the next decade.
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Identity management heads for the cloud
The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange should simplify online credentialing of citizens, but systems that authenticate agency employees might be tougher.
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America’s Most Profitable Company Per Employee Makes Your Phone Work—and it’s Not Apple
InterDigital has developed many of the technologies critical to our wireless world.
Cybersecurity
DHS Awards Contractors $6 Billion for Agency Network Surveillance
Booz Allen Hamilton and 16 others earn spots on the continuous monitoring project.
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Analysis: BlackBerry Is Where Motorola Once Was, and Has No Choice but To Sell
The company has been backed into a corner by its losses.
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DHS talent management getting cloud consolidation
The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up a cloud make-over for its enterprise talent management system.
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A New App Takes Government Contracting Mobile
Hōrd allows vendors to get alerts about opportunities and to track their competitors.
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DISA plans analytic cloud; looks to NSA's model
DISA's planned 'Acropolis' cloud environment will provide situational cybersecurity awareness, data analysis to detect threats.
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