Emerging Tech
NOAA Wants Feedback on Engagement with Commercial Satellite Industry
An agency official said he envisions a future in weather forecasting where NOAA relies on “a mixture of government and commercial satellites.”
Digital Government
VA Changes Course on Scheduling System Again
Officials say they can actually do things cheaper and quicker more using revamped versions of VA’s own in-house systems.
Digital Government
Archaic Federal Tech: Agencies Turn to ‘Parts Graveyards’ to Find Obsolete Gear
Many agencies are just old tech running well past its shelf life.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Flexes its Cognitive Muscle
Could we program a cognitive computer to examine the problem of cancer, or the yearly flu outbreak, balancing the federal budget or just finding a way to reduce traffic congestion around the city?
Modernization
How Many Data Centers Does the Government Actually Need?
Based on the definition of a nontiered data center, even a broom closet in a remote location with a server inside qualifies as such.
Digital Government
How the West Wing Got New Wi-Fi
First, workers had to remove 13,000 lbs of unused cables left inside the White House walls from previous upgrade efforts over the years.
Emerging Tech
You’ve Heard of the Internet of Things. Here’s What Comes Next.
The industrial revolution is coming to the Internet of Things, and it has the potential to really change the world.
Digital Government
FITARA’s Growing Pains: CIOs Raise Concerns
Boosting the authority of agency CIOs when it comes to overseeing IT spending and contracting is one of the key aims of the law -- but it will take some time
Digital Government
Pentagon Extends Deadline for $17.5B IT Deal
The contract is primarily designed to help the Pentagon modernize its IT infrastructure under the Joint Information Environment.
Ideas
5 Tips to Avoid Getting Scammed This Tax Season
It falls on individual taxpayers to ensure they are taking the right steps to be protected.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: Can Pitch Competitions Really Help the Government Discover New Tech?
Local tech hub Eastern Foundry, focused on getting new businesses to work with the government, hosts an annual demo day focused on a particular federal need.
Cybersecurity
Trump: US is ‘Obsolete’ in Cybersecurity
Trump claimed the Defense Department was “going backwards” in cyber while “other countries are moving forward at a much more rapid pace.”
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Building a Massive Database To Track Cyberattacks
The Homeland Security Department wants comments from the public about how useful a shared database could be.
Modernization
GSA ‘Improperly’ Offered Email Services to Peace Corps for Free
A new audit found that GSA did not obtain the necessary approval to do so.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon: ‘Innovation is a National Security Imperative’
If the quest for innovation could hold the keys to DOD’s most important technological riddles, its top officials have now made three visits to the West Coast tech hub and set up shop.
Emerging Tech
A Search for the Government’s Oldest Computer
A 30-year-old computer in Grand Rapids that controls a school’s temperature, a 40-year-old machine in Hawaii handling payroll and the computers at NASA built for the Voyager space mission are all in contention.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Agency Cyber Pros Prefer Perimeter Defense to Encryption
Encryption and other data-at-rest defenses were ranked “dead last” in terms of spending plans over the next year, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Wants Tech Companies to Pitch Cyber Products
The Defense Department is inviting “innovative” companies to present their products to government this summer.
Emerging Tech
The World’s Internet Connectivity is Getting Faster
Globally, the average connection speed jumped from 5.6 Mbps to 8.6 Mbps, a 23 percent increase from 2014.
Digital Government