Modernization
Army to pay $500M for Future Combat Systems termination
A dozen years after Future Combat Systems was born and three years after it was canceled, the program still bears a hefty price tag.
Modernization
The intangible foundation of the digital strategy
One technology empowers the White House's digital strategy.
Digital Government
OMB exaggerated 25-point plan performance, GAO says
Federal CIO says the disagreement is a matter of ‘scoping.’
Modernization
Clouds don’t need real-time threat reporting tools to win federal stamp of approval
Providers slated to gain certifications to deliver Web-based services governmentwide by Dec. 31.
Modernization
Cloud vendors: Forget continuous threat monitoring
The government drops a security measure it had planned to require of cloud vendors.
Modernization
Can the government outsource solutions to its problems?
Technology is enabling a new kind of collaboration, and now the government is looking to institutionalize the approach to solve serious problems.
Modernization
What startups can teach agencies about IT
Take some tips for IT success from the upstarts, advises HHS official.
Modernization
GAO, OMB chart IT reform progress differently
GAO warns the Obama administration that it risks losing momentum in its IT reforms by declaring work completed too early.
Modernization
Tight budgets should not stall innovation, VanRoekel says
The public sector may have unique challenges but it could learn a thing or two from the industry.
Modernization
Labor accused of scrubbing website of recent rulemaking documentation
Did the Labor Department move too quickly to remove online documents related to a controversial rule aimed at protecting child farm workers from heavy machinery?
Digital Government
White House launches federal digital strategy
Plan aims to make government info mobile friendly.
Modernization
170,000 military dating-site users exposed, hackers say
An affiliate of the LulzSec hacker group is claiming it obtained and published personally-identifiable information for 170,000 military personnel.
Modernization
USCIS launches first online form
US Citizenship and Immigration Services claimed an important milestone in their transformation initiative to a digital agency with the debut of the agency's first online form.
Modernization
Air Force casts net for handheld touchscreen-controlled devices
Move highlights growing appetite for tablets on the battlefield.
Modernization
GPO teams with Barnes & Noble to deliver e-books
Government books come to Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader.
Modernization
Shared services poised to reshape the federal market
Industry should brace for impact as the government adopts more shared services, CIO warns.
Cybersecurity
Phone hacking problems? Defense, intel agencies have an app for that
A download is letting soldiers and secret agents abroad make calls on popular smartphones and skirt eavesdropping adversaries.
Digital Government
USASpending moves to big data cloud
Host combines cloud efficiencies and big data analysis.
Modernization