Cybersecurity
Senate panel takes up electronic privacy issues
The Senate Judiciary Committee is looking to update regulations.
Modernization
Agencies waste millions acquiring duplicative data on roads, street addresses
White House and feds haven't done enough to coordinate geospatial data collection.
Modernization
Border agency scouts for smartphone accessory to screen people and packages
Personnel would carry docking stations on their belts to scan fingerprints and travel documents.
Modernization
Forman: FDCCI cost savings are 'smoke and mirrors'
Applications and operating systems must be consolidated as well, former OMB IT head contends.
Emerging Tech
AT&T subscribers can’t use Smokey’s app in his namesake park
Forest fire awareness app requires an Internet connection for some material.
Modernization
How to build trust into your network
This three-pronged approach to network security is flexible enough to protect existing assets while deftly meeting evolving challenges.
Modernization
GSA’s per diem app does one thing well, but it doesn’t do enough
A quick Google search yields the same information.
Emerging Tech
Issa advocates halting new Internet regulations
The Republican lawmaker made the case on Reddit.
Modernization
FBI’s child ID app provides an insurance policy for concerned parents
Developers capitalized on a clear mission.
Modernization
DOD on target with data center consolidation
Military data centers make up more than half of the 2,900 identified governmentwide; Pentagon aims to eventually trim from 1,500 to 250.
Modernization
Marissa Mayer hints at plans for a Yahoo magic app
In her first public interview since becoming CEO, Mayer discusses the company's plans going forward.
Cybersecurity
Software execs plugging into Congress, agencies during annual strategy summit
Executives want U.S. officials to use trade negotiations to ensure that markets are open and that countries respect IP rights.
Modernization
NOAA geostationary satellite program gets favorable review
While problems with other programs could lead to lengthy gaps in polar satellite coverage, agency’s GOES-R project is on track for 2015 launches.
Modernization
Smokey Bear’s official app is close but no campfire
The forest fire fighter’s tool is heavy on text and light on innovation.
Cybersecurity
Your stolen cellphone's records are going straight to the cops
New York City police can have access, without a subpoena or warrant, to cell phone records of victims.
Emerging Tech
GSA launches governmentwide acquisitions dashboard
New tool is designed to give vendors a clear view of agencies' needs.
Modernization
Could Siri change the way America drives?
General Motors has incorporates the software in it's upcoming Chevrolet line-up.
Cybersecurity
Yes, the government can still spy on your digital life (for now)
The battle over warrantless cell-phone and internet searches is taking shape, as law-enforcement agencies carry out the searches anyway.
Modernization
DHS has spent $430 million on radios its employees don't know how to use
Only one of 479 DHS employees surveyed was actually able to use the common channel, the department's IG found. Most did not even know the common channel existed.
Modernization