Modernization

How students scoop the Feds on online privacy violations

Google was secretly planting cookies on a vast number of iPhone browsers and college students found out the program.

Modernization

IG finds unauthorized e-readers, thumb drives, GPS on Homeland Security networks

The department does not consistently encrypt sensitive data stored on mobile devices.

Modernization

EPA picks cloud services provider

Contract award will aid agency's quest to migrate IT to the cloud.

Modernization

GSA boosts FedRAMP accreditation as small-business advantage

Getting FedRAMP certified could help small businesses break into the federal cloud market, GSA says.

Modernization

Library of Congress seeks ideas on mobile contracting app

Agency is gathering information on how to bolster a purchasing, training and resource-sharing program.

Cybersecurity

DHS to give agencies free computer threat-detection packages

Continuous monitoring program would draw $200 million from Homeland Security’s 2013 budget.

Modernization

Solving virtualization's storage problem

Savings from server and desktop virtualization can disappear fast if storage isn't part of the plan

Digital Government

Agency-owned PCs could soon be relics of a bygone era

Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker predicts employees will have to buy their own computers for work in the near future.

Digital Government

Regulatory headache? There’s an app for that

Health IT experts worry feds will slow growth of mobile medical applications.

Digital Government

No one knows how much energy older federal data centers use

Ineffective measurement is an obstacle to determining data center power consolidation savings.

Modernization

BlackBerry maker continues to struggle with lagging sales

Research in Motion is laying off thousands of employees.

Modernization

Siri doesn't want to talk about Tiananmen Square

The bot will not give directions to famous site.

Modernization

Emerging tech will power future of government IT in lean times

Cloud and mobility are becoming increasingly important in helping government CIOs meet mission needs, GSA technology leader says.

Modernization

DOD balances security, cost and ease in mobility plan

DOD's new mobile strategy intended to 'keep DOD workforce relevant' through a comprehensive approach to the technologies.

Digital Government

Tech Roundup: HHS has a new chief technology officer

Federal IT spending is projected to fall; FCC looks at mobile phone safety, and more.