Modernization
CBO estimates cost of DATA Act
The Congressional Budget Office has figured out how much the government will spend to create a single database of federal spending.
Modernization
Listening to users: How VA developed its PTSD Coach mobile app
The software application's developers worked with dozens of veterans to create a useful tool.
Modernization
DHS moving public websites to the cloud
The Homeland Security Department is moving its public-facing websites to the cloud on a $600,000-a-year contract.
Modernization
Army-tested tips for data center consolidation
The Army is tackling challenges in downsizing and quantifying savings, and its successes so far could help other agencies.
Digital Government
VA CIO forecasts in-house mobile apps store
The department will meet a self-imposed deadline to field tablet computers and smartphones on Oct. 1.
Modernization
5 Kundra plans: Which ones have staying power?
The ambitious and sometimes controversial former federal CIO had no shortage of big ideas for reforming government IT. But can they succeed without him?
Modernization
Radio Free Science: NSF's new Web-based stream offers science news
The National Science Foundation has introduced a new Web-based continuous radio programming stream called Science360 Radio.
Modernization
Tech's future is managing data, not devices
The focus on leveraging 'big data' will drive agencies toward buying more pre-integrated IT solutions.
Modernization
Infographic: Is cloud computing everything advocates claim?
One research company found that cloud services are not especially cost effective for large organizations, and may even result in price increases.
Modernization
Technology R&D needed to keep edge in innovation, House panel hears
Witnesses testifying before the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education emphasize importance of tech R&D.
Modernization
Government apps aid disaster response
Both the tech sector and government are responding to the need for disaster preparedness and response with a number of apps and other digital tools.
Cybersecurity
Programmer, procurement staff failings contribute to software attacks
Acquisition officers and engineers need to reduce vulnerabilities during the design phase to curb hacking.
Modernization
How to avoid overdoing it with desktop virtualization
Agencies should avoid the trap of trying to do too much too soon with desktop virtualization, writes Jim McHugh, senior vice president of global marketing at NComputing.
Modernization
Cuts to E-Gov fund could slow federal cloud transition
Congressional appropriators have slashed funding for electronic government initiatives, potentially crippling IT modernization plans.
Modernization