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

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

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.

Cybersecurity

How Can a President's E-Mail Get Hacked?

A hacker known as Guccifer got into "at least six separate e-mail accounts" of Bush family members.

Digital Government

Government Culture Inhibits Shared Services

The will and technology are there but silos and limited risk tolerance are a hindrance, CIO Council official says.

Modernization

BlackBerry Z10 has not sold well in home-market Canada

Despite lackluster sales, analysts remain cautiously optimistic.

Cybersecurity

Somebody hacked the Fed during the Super Bowl

During the hack, information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product.

Modernization

White House to host Open Data Day Hackathon

Administration officials want clever programmers to improve the API that drives the 'We The People' petitioning system.

Digital Government

Feds want a more robust insurance database before Obamacare rollout

The government will use the contractor-managed repository to evaluate providers and update Healthcare.gov.

Modernization

China may (or may not) be behind the Twitter hack

Twitter revealed that roughly a quarter million accounts have been compromised by hackers.

Digital Government

Why did the lights go out at the Super Bowl?

Entergy New Orleans who provides power to the Super Dome called the outage an abnormality.

Modernization

Menu of safety-approved cloud products grows to three

CGI joins Autonomic Resources on the elite FedRAMP-authorized supplier list.

Modernization

FedRAMP certifies a major player

The second company cleared by GSA's program to pre-certify cloud providers is a familiar name; plus, FedRAMP gets a new leader.