Cybersecurity
For IG, the future is now at USPS
Inspector General David Williams takes a broad view of his role at the perennially cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, including the development of new technologies and revenue streams.
Cybersecurity
Send in the drones
Unmanned aerial systems are steadily spreading from military and intelligence missions to civilian agencies, but it can be a bumpy ride.
Digital Government
Mail carriers get new mobile device
The Honeywell device is the leading edge of a larger plan to support the kind of multiple-event end-to-end tracking used by commercial shippers.
Digital Government
Getting in the big-data game
Government faces a multitude of challenges in using big data effectively -- including legal obstacles and cultural barriers -- but experts say the reward is worth the risk.
Digital Government
Dan Houston: Stamp of approval at USPS
This Rising Star manages 3,300 databases for the Postal Service, crunching 22 petabytes (and counting) of data.
Modernization
Supercomputing upgrade to improve big data at Postal Service
USPS has awarded a contract to expand the agency's already formidable high-powered computing capabilities.
People
Postal Service picks acting CIO
James Cochrane will temporarily replace Ellis Burgoyne, who has retired.
Modernization
HP to host ID management hub for USPS
The project is the federal government's first cloud-based identity management pilot.
People
From mail carrier to the C-suite
Ellis Burgoyne, who will retire on Oct. 1, was the first USPS employee to become its CIO.
Modernization
Postal Service eyes digital dollars
In its efforts to bolster a flagging bottom line, the USPS is exploring non-traditional services it could provide using its existing electronic and physical delivery infrastructure.
Modernization
Can a foreign firm safeguard American privacy?
A Canadian firm has been hired to design a credentialing system for federal agencies, causing at least one reader to raise a question.
Modernization
As ID management pilot takes shape, early agencies hop aboard
Just days after the USPS awarded a contract for a cloud-based identity management pilot program several other agencies have joined it.
People
Postal Service CIO to retire
Ellis Burgoyne began his career as a letter carrier in Inglewood, Calif.
Modernization
USPS picks vendor for cloud-based ID management hub
The federal government’s first major pilot program for cloud-based identity management now has a vendor, and it's Canadian.
Digital Government
Postal overhaul could open up IT revenue opportunities
An overhaul bill could allow the Postal Service to exploit its massive IT operations for profitable commercial uses.
Digital Government
USPS goes all-in on agile development
Three years after the first pilot, the Postal Service has delivered more than 50 projects using agile methodologies.
Digital Government
How the Post Office's 'eye in the sky' fights fraud
With heat maps, predictive modeling and data streams provided by private-sector firms, USPS' RADR system sounds like an intelligence project -- minus all the secrecy.
Digital Government