Digital Government
Marissa Mayer Is Wrong: Working From Home Can Make You More Productive
The statistical evidence on telecommuting suggests that (1) sometimes people just like to work from home for a change, and (2) they're actually quite good at it
Modernization
Pentagon Details Mobile Plan to Support 600,000 End Users
No BYOD to start, though it is a ‘long term objective.’
Emerging Tech
Government Map Site to Get Springtime Upgrade
Revamped Geoplatform.gov will include mapping communities and allow agencies to host their mapping applications on the site.
Digital Government
Sequestration Furloughs Will Severely Delay Air Travel, Transportation Secretary Says
Fewer controllers and air traffic towers will gum up system.
Modernization
Commentary: Mobile Tech Could Sharply Boost Feds’ Productivity
Industry has become 50 percent more productive over the last two and a half decades while government has become less productive.
Modernization
FCC Seeks More Federal Spectrum to Boost Wi-Fi Use
New bandwidth will support gigabit speeds.
Modernization
VA Awards Contract to Provide Mobile Access to Health Records
Innovation awards also will make medical imagery available online.
Modernization
'Bring Your Own Bandwidth' Means a Future of Ultra-Cheap Calls
Republic Wireless is selling a phone that will carry out all of its functions over WiFi.
Modernization
How to Avoid Getting Spear-Phished by China's Hackers Who Cracked Apple
Chinese hackers have used the spear-phishing tactic on everyone from the Defense Department to Facebook.
Emerging Tech
GSA Releases Guidelines to Measure Social Media Impact
Agency also unveils an open data stream of all government social media posts.
Modernization
IRS Faulted for Wasteful Aircard and BlackBerry Purchases
Auditors tell CIO to do a better job monitoring which employees have business needs.
Modernization
Forest Service Seeks Online Storefront for Digital Maps
The vendors may also digitally enhance Forest Service base maps to make them more interactive.
Modernization
FAA Considers Putting Nextgen Weather System in the Cloud
The proposed system should be operational in 2019.
Modernization
Why Google Pays Apple $1 Billion a Year
As of March, something like 80 percent of Google's phone-search profits came from Apple devices.
Modernization
Defense and the intelligence community pursue conflicting cloud plans
Roadmaps for shifting computer work to collaborative online environments follow different construction designs.
Digital Government
Raytheon's 'Google for Spies' Tracks You from Social-Media Sharing — and Fast
Program culls information from Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla.
Digital Government
New York's Real-Time Snow Plow Map to Get its First Major Test This Weekend
With a foot of snow in New York City all but assured by Saturday morning, PlowNYC is about to hit the big time.
Modernization
GSA Seeks Governmentwide Mobile Device Management Contracts
The government hopes to save on MDM and other mobile services by buying in bulk.
Modernization
The Supercharged Technology Behind the Nemo Blizzard Emergency Alert
Why did the National Weather Service's notification work when others failed?
Cybersecurity