Modernization
Use of virtualization lacking in agencies
A survey finds that three-quarters of federal information technology managers recognize the benefits of virtualization, but just 20 percent say their agencies are harnessing the technology to its fullest.
Modernization
Polishing the keys to open government
Effective methods of online participation will come from a painstaking trial-and-error process that requires patience from Americans and their government.
Modernization
How to make the most of your COOP investment
Managers are finding new ways to protect their computing resources in an emergency without paying for idle capacity that doesn’t contribute to daily operations.
Modernization
GSA nominee acknowledges serious challenges
President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the government’s procurement agency understands that her road will be hard one.
Modernization
Poking our way to participation
A new book examines the use of social-media technologies to increase citizen participation in government.
Modernization
White House blog highlights public response to open government
White House officials, in a series of blog postings this week, provided a glimpse of how the public suggests the federal government could make government data more accessible — and be more transparent.
Modernization
Joint Forces commander blasts tech planning
Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis is critical of what he calls "wrongheaded thinking" of military planners in recent years who placed too much emphasis on the role of technology in winning wars.
Modernization
Army gives soldiers access to Twitter, Facebook
A recent Army order directs network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Modernization
New NASA site orbits around manned space flight
A new NASA Web site is designed to let the public participate in reviewing the future of manned space flight.
Modernization
GAO: Avoid fragmented broadband policies
The FCC should work with other federal agencies to avoid a fragmented approach on national broadband policies, a new report states.
Modernization
NARA names FOIA overseer
The National Archives and Records Administration has appointed Miriam Nisbet as the first director of the Office of Government Information Services.
Cybersecurity
Vinton Cerf: Outer space could be next frontier for cybersecurity
Google executive Vinton Cerf has been working with NASA on project to transmit data between spacecraft.
Cybersecurity
Cell phones, other wireless devices next big cybersecurity targets
Mobile computing products are the source of a "coming tsunami of insecurity" as hackers develop ways to exploit the airwaves and their applications, security expert says.
Modernization
DHS launches second test of biometric exit processes
Officials are determining whether Customs and Border agents or airport screeners are better positioned to collect information from visitors leaving the country.
Modernization
Utah goes Web 2.0
Utah has redesigned the official state Web site to include Web 2.0 tools and a section with government transparency features.
Modernization
Two biometric systems being tested
The Homeland Security Department has started testing two ways in which government officials, not airlines, could collect biometrics from non-U.S. air travelers as they leave the country.
Modernization