Modernization

Amazon gets FedRAMP certification

Commercial cloud giant is the third provider approved to sell secure cloud products and services.

Digital Government

Shared Services Can Be a Money Maker for Some Agencies

Agencies counteract dwindling IT budgets by offering services to other divisions.

Modernization

Consumer Smartphones OK'd for Military Use Lack Certain ID Protections

Pentagon disclosed security approvals for Apple iOS and BlackBerry 10 mobile devices.

Digital Government

The Potential Problem With Personalized Google Maps? We May Never Know What We're Not Seeing

Google is promising a million maps for a million people with its redesign. But can it avoid confining us to customized urban bubbles?

Modernization

Congress Demands to Know if Google Glass Will Violate Your Privacy

Letter sent to search giant asks about implications of new technology.

Modernization

Military Commands Will Tap AirWatch to Manage Mobile Devices

Global Strike Command will piggyback on a system already installed by Special Operations Command.

Emerging Tech

How Data Can Aid Farmers' Markets and Education Innovations

Government information can aid the public but opening it up is just the first step.

Modernization

Google Figures Out the Simplest, Most Profound Way to Send Money: Over Email

Google announced it will gradually allow adult Gmail users to attach money to their emails.

Modernization

Cloud Computing Could Transform Foreign Aid

International assistance agency seeks a platform to build and share new technology.

Modernization

What the AP Subpoena Scandal Means for Your Electronic Privacy

Telecom operators that cooperate with feds are protected from lawsuits.

Digital Government

Data Center Consolidation Savings ‘Minimal’ So Far

The government has kept insufficient metrics on savings and is unlikely to meet its goal of $3 billion in savings by 2015.

Modernization

GAO: Metrics, leadership leave savings unclear in data center consolidation

Congressional committee leaders seeking insight into the ongoing effort to reduce the number of federal data centers were unhappy over OMB and GSA officials' absence at field hearing.

Modernization

Freedom: BlackBerry's BBM Is Coming to the iPhone

The new app will have voice and screen sharing options.

Modernization

Feds Release Source Code for Dozens of Government Apps

Agency developers could use the code to create new apps or suggest changes to existing apps.

Modernization

Can Cellphone Metadata Hurt Your Privacy and Save America?

Researchers learn about society's movements from your phone data.

Modernization

Survey highlights FDCCI uncertainty

The people involved in the effort to close and consolidate data centers are not confident of meeting their goals, despite showing some progress, survey suggests.

Modernization

DHS Looks for iPhones and Tablets That Can ID Bomber Fingerprints

Hunt for biometric mobile devices is one of several civilian and military smartphone surveillance efforts.