Digital Government

BYOD policies could increase productivity, employees say

New survey finds many employees use their own devices, even when their agency lacks a policy.

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Should you trust disaster recovery to the cloud?

Cloud computing offers an attractive alternative to in-house disaster recovery systems. Here's what you need to know before you commit to a vendor and begin transferring data.

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Survey: Campaign contributors stick to traditional tools

In person, phone and mail still the top ways to donate over e-mail and text.

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Google's Street View sherpas tackle the Grand Canyon

Despite all our robots, humans really are the best at certain tasks, like hiking the Grand Canyon

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4 steps toward smart data center consolidation

A report from IDC offers strategies for agencies working to eliminate redundant servers and migrate applications to a cloud environment.

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All of Apple's new small stuff: iPad Mini and a slimmer iMac

Products will be available beginning in November and December.

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DISA seeks app store, device management

System ultimately could serve the entire Defense Department.

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Federal website satisfaction dips slightly

Transactional sites perform better than informational and recruiting sites.

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There are 41 very unsafe Android apps out there

These apps could expose bank information and leak email and Facebook passwords.

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Amazon's Elastic Cloud Compute service snaps

Websites affected include Reddit, Pinterest and FourSquare.

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The yellow brick road to cloud comfort

NASA's top tech officer explains how a classic film can aid managers struggling with cloud computing concerns.

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Think twice before you click that dot-gov link from your cellphone

Symantec reports 15 percent of clicks on 1.USA.gov sites take users to bogus pages.

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How cloud can threaten the end-user experience

Several technologies that the government is adopting could wreak havoc on the experience of people trying to use the government's resources.

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ICE drops BlackBerry in favor of iPhone

Justification questions RIM’s long term viability.

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Apple fired its resident iPhone hacker for not answering an email

Hacker Nicholas Allegra was known for his iPhone Jailbreaking skills.

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FCC official downplays spectrum estimates from auctions

Incentive auctions were first proposed by the FCC two years ago in its National Broadband Plan as one of the ways to free up more spectrum for wireless broadband.

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Industry responds cautiously to IT reform act

Acquisition experts worry the measures proposed by Rep. Darrell Issa could produce more bureaucracy.

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In praise of the BlackBerry

Why the New York Times is wrong to dismiss BlackBerry users as "uncool" and "embarrassing."

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FCC: 'Bill shock' plan on track to reduce surprise charges

The plan would make telecoms provide their customers with alerts when they approach or exceed plan limits.

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U.S. and Israel kick off their largest-ever joint military exercise

Three-week test follows ‘war drill’ of Israeli communications systems, some say to send a stern message to Iran.