Digital Government
IRS Can’t Update Woefully Out-of-Date Windows Servers Because It Can’t Find Some of Them
The agency is only halfway through a planned upgrade of Windows servers.
Emerging Tech
The FBI Just Got 'Hyperconverged' for $28 Million
The new unclassified virtual desktop infrastructure will support 55,000 users.
Emerging Tech
Government’s First Open Source PaaS Service Comes to Market
PaaS puts more security onus on cloud services providers than IaaS offerings do -- and that’s attractive for government customers who often lack information security expertise or have reduced budgets.
Emerging Tech
VA's Allin Promises ‘Go Big or Go Home’ Approach to Customer Service
A mediocre attitude toward serving the veterans who valiantly served the country is not acceptable, says VA's Chief Veteran Experience Officer Tom Allin.
Digital Government
GSA’s Gwynne Kostin to Take 1-year Presidential Transition Detail
Kostin's new work will focus on "developing new programming to help an incoming administration get up and running on Ready to Govern."
Digital Government
CIA Announces First ‘Digital’ Directorate
The digital office is the first new directorate in more than 50 years.
Emerging Tech
GSA Loses Customer Experience Champion
Martha Dorris spent nearly 34 years at GSA, including leading efforts to improve the federal government's customer experience.
Digital Government
Shutdown Threat Lifts but NSA Chief Says Cyber Workforce is Still Fed Up
“The single greatest perturbation has been even the hint of a shutdown,” said Adm. Michael Rogers, who heads both NSA and U.S. Cyber Command.
Emerging Tech
NSA Chief: Clinton’s Private Email Server an Intelligence ‘Opportunity’
Rogers was responding to a hypothetical question from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s controversial use of a “homebrew” private email system.
Digital Government
Both DOD and the Intelligence Community are Working on Major IT Upgrades. Will They Work Together?
The two initiatives must play well with each other to ensure national security imperatives are best executed across all missions and personnel levels.
Modernization
If the Intelligence Community Can Do Cloud, Why Can’t The Rest of Government?
Many agencies today are still using cloud computing similar to 2010, one official says.
Digital Government
Only 1 in 7 of the Pentagon’s Emails is Legit
Out of 700 million emails sent to Pentagon account monthly, about 98 million are actually "good emails,” an official says.
Modernization
Pentagon to Industry: How Should We Do Cloud-Based Email for 1.6 Million Employees?
The Pentagon’s next-generation unclassified email system may exist entirely in the cloud.
Digital Government
Agency Data Chiefs on the Move -- Some Out of Government
A handful of data chiefs have packed up and left their agencies -- or government altogether.
Digital Government
Intelligence Community’s Grand IT Plan Still Working Out ‘Pain Points’
The initiative is in the midst of converging multiple networks – all tied to various legal authorities – into a single network.
Digital Government
NOAA Tries ‘Oddball’ Approach to Harnessing Big Data
NOAA wants environmental data as easy to access as sports scores.
Modernization
Renewable Energy Lab Begins Moving More Sensitive Data to the Cloud
In 2009 NREL set out in earnest to open up and share its data through an application that became known as OpenEI.
Emerging Tech
Federal Agencies: What's Your Hack-Response Plan?
On Sept. 15, Nextgov will host a digital event dedicated to educating federal cybersecurity stakeholders on best practices in responding to data breaches.
Emerging Tech
US Citizenship and Immigration Services to Host Twitter ‘Office Hours’
USCIS officials hope to provide another avenue for customers to ask questions and receive real-time feedback.
Emerging Tech