Digital Government

Natural disasters become battlegrounds in spectrum fight

Both broadcasters and wireless companies are quick to insist that they’re not interested in exploiting disasters for political and commercial gain.

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FCC: Communications outages could get worse

Post-Sandy flooding will likely impede restoration efforts.

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The man who messed up maps is out at Apple

Senior Vice President of iOS Scott Forstall is leaving the company

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All the Internet projects that help us through Sandy

These projects make it easier to send and collect relevant data about the storm

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Internet, phone companies brace for Hurricane Sandy

High winds, rain and possible power outages have the potential to play havoc on networks

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#Sandy hits government

Government updates on the social media storm front.

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Nine ways to make your cell phone last the whole storm even if the power goes out

Hurricane Sandy has begun hitting the east coast, but fortunately, cell phone access is available even when the power goes out.

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The iPad Mini’s out, but here’s why Microsoft’s Surface is going to be huge

The Microsoft product may not get the hype, but is a quality tablet.

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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.