Modernization
Is there an IT-acquisition generation gap?
GSA's Mark Day warns that disconnects could complicate already-difficult IT challenges.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
DHS talent management getting cloud consolidation
The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up a cloud make-over for its enterprise talent management system.
Modernization
A New App Takes Government Contracting Mobile
Hōrd allows vendors to get alerts about opportunities and to track their competitors.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
Prepare for the Coming Deluge of Digital Currencies—and Meet the People Who Would Control Them
Watch out for Litecoin, the silver to Bitcoin's gold.
Modernization
City of London Halts Recycling Bins Tracking Phones of Passers-By
The tracking technology sparked an outcry of privacy concerns.
Modernization
Finding new ways to manage in a virtual desktop world
Virtual desktops have gone from an interesting idea to a technology agencies embrace in increasingly large deployments. To move to virtual machines, however, requires a fresh look at security, standardization and the skills of your IT employees.
Modernization
There’s Apps in Them Thar Hills
A new mobile app will guide tourists around the Klondike Gold Rush site.
Modernization
This Recycling Bin Is Following You
The startup Renew has outfitted recycling bins with gadgets that track smartphones.
Digital Government
White House Unveils CIO Council 2.0
New structure for chief information officers should be more agile and efficient, officials say.
Emerging Tech