Cybersecurity
Defense bill calls on Pentagon to evaluate commercial cloud computing
Congress wants department to assess companies' ability to provide secure Internet-based services.
Modernization
VA employees tap cloud apps on their own, posing security risk
Use of unauthorized services highlights department's need to keep up with computing advances, CIO says.
Modernization
FCC approves network neutrality regulations
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski insisted the plan creates a "nonideological framework."
Modernization
Broadcasting board seeks text-message services
Technology would allow feds to circumvent repressive regimes to deliver critical information.
Modernization
NARA to offer online search engine
The National Archives and Records Administration is preparing to launch its new online search tool Dec. 27.
Modernization
President's Council seeks to accelerate government network advances
The PCAST report highlights areas of national priorities in IT R&D, such as health, education, transportation and energy, and the research frontiers the nation should tackle next.
Modernization
Federal IT funds for R&D misused, group says
A report released today by an advisory panel says only a fraction of the estimated $4 billion federal agencies get for IT research and development actually goes for those purposes.
Modernization
Appropriators beef up Navy budget for new network
Senate panel adds $217.7 million to boost project to replace Navy Marine Corps Intranet.
Modernization
Senate panel approves VA tech budget below president's request
Omnibus spending bill also puts a hold on $742.8M until CIO outlines costs for IT projects.
Modernization
3 arguments for telework managed services
Managed services offer one way to avoid the network problems that can plague teleworkers, writes Tony Bardo, assistant vice president for government solutions at Hughes.
Cybersecurity
Aftermath of WikiLeaks flap underscores vulnerabilities of the cloud
Denial-of-service attacks show the risks to operations when agencies rely on third parties to host IT services, say cybersecurity experts.
Modernization
The plain truth about plain-language practices
The General Services Administration and the Federal Web Managers Council have created an online guide giving agencies tips to comply with the Plain Language Act of 2010.
Modernization
Agency data dwells in private home -- for now
Agencies are gravitating toward private clouds, but some say the bigger payoff is in the public version.
Cybersecurity
NASA gets a head start on cybersecurity improvements
Mandate to manage computer risks in real time puts the space agency ahead of others waiting for governmentwide legislation.
Cybersecurity
White House details sweeping changes to federal computing
The 40-page strategy directs agency IT leaders to follow a 'cloud first' policy and evaluate the practicality of leasing access to Web-based equipment before buying new hardware or software.
Modernization
White House kills e-flood insurance project
The move is part of a review of several IT projects that are costing the government too much time and money.
Modernization