Emerging Tech

Saving Government Tweets Is Tougher Than You Think

The National Archives wants working groups to make sure agencies are retaining social media records.

Modernization

Thailand Is Buying Record Numbers of Smartphones, but It’s Facebook that People Really Want

Almost 3 million smartphones were sold in Thailand in just the first four months of this year.

Modernization

Too Much Collaboration Is Hurting Productivity

Some of that new technology aimed at fostering innovation could be a bad thing.

Digital Government

No Red Phone Ever Connected the White House to Moscow

Another case of 'direct access' not being quite what you first thought.

Digital Government

A Few Agencies Use Internal Apps to Boost Mobility, Collaboration

Most are still mapping out their mobile strategies.

Emerging Tech

Labor Does More With Less on Streaming Data

The agency has a single Application Programming Interface that connects to 175 data sets.

Modernization

DISA Plans $450 Million Commercial Cloud Buy

Agency pursues five-year storage, Web, database and application hosting deal.

Modernization

Say Hello to Solar-Paneled Clothing That Charges Your Phone

This "Wearable Solar" clothing allegedly can restore half of a phone's power when worn in bright sunlight.

Modernization

You Know Who Else 'Inadvertently' Gathered Your Electronic Data?

Google and NSA may be doing similar things. Why should only one be held accountable?

Digital Government

United States Dominates in Social Diplomacy

More than 6.4 million people “like” U.S. embassy Facebook pages, Canadian analysis finds.

Modernization

Energy-saving data center contract languishes under OMB hold

OMB put the brakes on a contract between the Energy Department and Lockheed Martin in March and has yet to explain its reasons, according to the affected parties.

Cybersecurity

Facebook's Former Security Chief Now Works for the NSA

The Chief Security Officer at a tech company is primarily concerned with keeping its information inside the company.

Modernization

What the NSA Does With the Data It Isn't Allowed to Keep

The rules surrounding what information must be destroyed remain shrouded in secrecy. By what right?

Modernization

Pentagon to Wireless Industry: We Need Our Spectrum

Defense CIO says the military must retain exclusive access to some frequency bands.

Modernization

Ford Gives up on Turning its Cars Into Smartphones

Ford saw a future in which every surface is a touchscreen, but its customers didn’t share in that vision.