Digital Government
Why maps matter
With new technologies and an explosion of geodata, more and more agencies are mapping to make sense of their missions.
Modernization
Three routes to FedRAMP: Choose wisely
The most common path is gaining a provisional authority to operate from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, but that might not be the best choice for every vendor.
People
GSA's cloud computing program manager retiring
Katie Lewin is leaving government for a position with CSC.
Cybersecurity
Will more money for VA fix the IT 'deficiencies'?
Fiscal 2015 budget request would boost funding for IT security, but legislators have their doubts.
People
NASA names new chief technologist, acting CTO
MIT's David W. Miller will serve as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's principal advisor on agency-wide technology issues, policies and programs.
Digital Government
The intelligence community's big-data problem
Analyzing fragmented information that doesn’t come neatly packaged is a challenge most other government users of big data can relate to.
People
Data the key factor in mobile device management
Few people care about what happens to a device, points out Good Technology CTO Nicko van Someren, but most care what happens to the data on it.
Digital Government
Beyond the buzz of big data
The Army and the SEC are two agencies putting big data to use right now.
Modernization
Study: Shared services could save government $28 billion
While three quarters of respondents said shared services are a strategic initiative for their agency CIOs, only about 40 percent of agencies have defined goals and objectives.
Modernization
Telework Week totals more than 160,000 participants
Mobile Work Exchange calculates that this year’s 163,495 Telework Week participants -- most of them federal employees -- saved nearly $14 million in commuting costs.
Cybersecurity
NIST releases new guidelines for deploying PIV credentials to mobile devices
The draft special publication is the government’s response to the challenges encountered in authenticating smartphones, tablets and iPads.
Modernization
Readers take on telework
Despite complaints from some, metrics support the idea that telework helps boost productivity.
Digital Government
Exploiting the data revolution
Harnessing the era of big data means “overcoming the limitations of our minds,” which will lead to a transformed economy, says author and MIT scientist Andrew McAfee.
People
Verizon exec joins TechAmerica board
Verizon Enterprise Solutions VP Sonya Cork is a 26-year communications and IT veteran in civilian and defense agencies.
Cybersecurity
Continuous monitoring is improving cybersecurity, but not without challenges
Federal networks produce an astounding amount of data. Agencies are now trying to figure out how much of it to save, and for how long.
Digital Government
Budget requests for science, research mostly flat
One big winner is likely to be NOAA, which is gearing up to launch new weather satellites in 2016-17.
Digital Government
IG report finds flaws in NASA's mobile device management
About 14 percent of all agency-issued devices went unused for seven months, says a report from NASA IG Paul Martin.
Modernization
Weather satellite program appears back on track
Four of six instruments designed for NOAA’s next-gen system are ready for integration on the spacecraft, which is scheduled for launch in 2016.
People
Telework Week expected to draw 100,000-plus feds
Pledges for 2014 to work remotely have already exceeded last year's.
Modernization