Modernization

Agile development: A case in point

A CIO who came to government from the private sector turns to agile development to solve some thorny IT problems at DHS.

Modernization

The ever increasing iPhone sales expectations

The previous edition in the iSeries sold more than a million in the first 24 hours.

Modernization

How candidates are selling the hashtag election

The 2012 party conventions were a kind of coming-out party for Twitter as a political advertising platform.

Digital Government

Commission leaders call for emergency communications network

The attacks revealed the problems posed by a patchwork of emergency radio networks and devices that often do not work with each other.

Modernization

Feds reject counterterrorism reporting apps over privacy, security concerns

Some states, meanwhile, offer citizens smartphone tools for alerting authorities to suspicious behavior.

Modernization

How the iPhone 5 could help re-elect Obama

Economists estimate the new phone, which Apple will release soon, could add between a quarter and a half of a percentage point to the country's GDP.

Modernization

How cloud technology can simplify BYOD

Cloud services can help agencies manage the security and logistical concerns that arise when employees bring their own tech devices to work, writes Jim Lucier.

Digital Government

White House seeks unified system to manage interns

New intern platform would replace three legacy systems and five websites.

Cybersecurity

App maker, not Apple or the FBI, was the source of user data leak

Turns out the FBI isn't doing some big brother tracking using Apple UDIDs which hacker group Anti-Sec released last week.

Modernization

Don't expect to use a gadget during takeoff and landing anytime soon

Industry experts say it does not make sense for airlines to change the rules now.

Digital Government

An FBI battle over phone passwords Is brewing

The federal government has made it clear that a lot of our phone data isn't really ours.

Modernization

Collaboration: The key to solving common management problems

A white paper details strategies to solve two common challenges for federal managers.

Modernization

FCC set to take up incentive auction, spectrum holding proposals

The FCC is aiming to finalize the order by mid-2013 and hold its first auctions in 2014.

Modernization

Obama, Romney in hashtag battle on Twitter

The Obama campaign has purchased its first Promoted Trend on Twitter and Romney's camp has countered.

Modernization

Do agencies know where they're going in the cloud?

New study reveals that federal agency respondents are moving to the cloud, but without detailed migration strategies.

Modernization

Is open government open enough?

Federal agencies have released mountains of data since 2009. Now the push is to encourage broader use of all that data -- and to create real value and impact.

Modernization

Defining the role of technology in fighting waste, fraud, abuse

Technology helps stem the tide of bad spending practices, but there are weaknesses and gaps in agencies' use of it, experts say.

Modernization

DNC’s Twitter victory wasn’t won on a level playing field

Dems are much more likely to use social media for politics, study shows.