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
ICE Wants One Supplier for All Its Mobile Needs
Proposed contract would cover mobile phones, data and device management.
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.
Emerging Tech
A New One-Stop Shop for State-Level Mobile Apps
The apps catalog includes more than 160 apps built by state governments.
Modernization
Storage optimization: Flash finds some government niches
For high-end applications and virtualization projects that depend on reliable storage, flash technology offers a tantalizing solution. The technology's speed and performance come at a price, though. Read about the trade-offs and some places in government where flash storage is proving useful.
Emerging Tech
CDC Wants Trainees to 'Temporarily Forget' Exercises Aren't Real
Virtual simulations can be an 'emotional vaccine' for staff before they go out in the field.
Modernization
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon Are Trying to Turn Into the Same Über-Company
Huge tech companies all appear to have a shared vision.
Digital Government
White House Orders Agencies to Follow New Open Data Standards
The new directive requires machine-readable formats for all new government datasets.
Modernization
iPhones and iPads Poised to Win Key Pentagon Security Nod Next Week
The devices also earned a long sought-after governmentwide encryption certification last week.
Modernization
VA Awards National Cell Phone Contract to Three Carriers
The IDIQ deal covers voice and data airtime plus voice phones, smartphones and tablets.
Emerging Tech
New Tool Could Free Syrian Rebels From Reliance on State Internet
The Commotion project also kept some Brooklynites online during Hurricane Sandy when larger Internet providers were overloaded.
Modernization
Technology from Africa Ensures the Cloud Works When Your Connection Doesn’t
For large swathes of the globe, reliably accessing remotely-stored files is a problem.
Modernization
Meet Nicole Wong, Obama's New Internet Privacy Czar
President Obama has tapped a former Googler for the job.
Modernization
Interior Storage Heads to the Cloud
Award to Verizon, IBM and others was slowed by a contract dispute resolved in March.
Emerging Tech