Modernization

Air Force seeks software to monitor iPads for electronic flight bags

Mobile device software will manage access and security for thousands of smartphones and tablets.

Modernization

Vet health progress propelled by partnership, vision and IT

The DOD and VA are focused on finding the right technology to serve troops over a lifetime -- even with bumps along the way -- and those closest to the effort say the stumbles are leading to progress.

Modernization

Interior seeks to safeguard mobile devices

The Interior Department seeks ways to protect information and networks when employees carry agency mobile devices to foreign lands.

Modernization

FAA revisits mobile electronic devices on aircraft

Current FCC regulations require aircraft operators to determine whether interference from a given mobile electronic devices could cause safety risks before allowing such devices to be used.

Modernization

We're close to strengthening the privacy of your cell phone's location! (But only in California.)

Right now, law enforcement can ask your cell provider where your phone is at pretty much any time.

Digital Government

Ten Republicans to follow on Twitter

With the GOP convention upcoming, some Republicans are using social media better than others.

Modernization

DISA, GSA round out SATCOM business model

The agencies award a $2.6 billion contract as part of the Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition program.

Modernization

FCC adds data roaming condition to Verizon-cable spectrum deal

Justice says deal is clear of antitrust violations, assuming a few changes are made.

Emerging Tech

Nine concrete, specific things we actually know about how social media shape elections

What studies sanely say about democracy in the age of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

Digital Government

Obama faces delicate decisions as cyberattack fears rise

Experts urge action, but the politics of cybersecurity can be tricky.

Modernization

Risk and reward in the cloud: How to attack security concerns.

A cloud platform solves some problems but introduces new security risks. Richard Moulds provides strategies for addressing them.

Digital Government

Federal agencies are gearing up for a massive data dump

Officials hope troves of machine-readable information will nurture entrepreneurship in a stalled economy.

Modernization

GSA schedules Twitter chat for cloud broker idea

The General Services Administration takes another step to foster dialog on an idea for better cloud service provision.

Digital Government

How Mitt Romney does digital

While numbers may lean Obama's way, Romney is using social media in his own way.

Digital Government

Marissa Mayer picks iPhones over Androids for Yahoo employees

Over ten-thousand employees at the company will receive new iPhones.

Modernization

DISA, Army mark enterprise e-mail progress with new milestone

DISA claims half a million accounts migrated to cloud service, predicts on-schedule completion.