Modernization
Keeping up with the cloud
GSA is looking for ways to help its purchasing vehicles stay up-to-date as technology and capabilities rush ahead.
Digital Government
Los Alamos knows bombs
The national laboratory has launched a Web portal aimed at helping public and private partners detect and deal with explosives.
Acquisition
Obama gets an earful about acquisition
GSA's FAS leader has briefed the president on the agency's acquisition improvement efforts.
Cybersecurity
DHS shutdown could affect the C in CDM
Assistant Secretary Andy Ozment said the appropriations stalemate threatens crucial cybersecurity functions.
Modernization
A new take on the cloud divide: 'It's pets and cattle'
Federal agencies live in two tech worlds, but standards and steady innovation are slowly nosing out long-held legacy systems.
Acquisition
IT acquisition failures land on high-risk list
Technology problems are at the heart of a number of programs on GAO’s list of troubled federal initiatives.
Digital Government
Using SIGINT to detect trends
IARPA uses publicly available data to predict crises; now it wants to use signals intelligence for the same purpose.
Modernization
DOD guide looks beyond FedRAMP protections
The guide follows up on a memo that defined responsibilities for Pentagon components that acquire commercial cloud services.
Modernization
A CIO aims for extreme outsourcing
Joe Paiva says he wants his Commerce Department agency "to be out of the IT business by July."
Acquisition
DHS wants to EASE into new cyber defenses
Enterprise automated security environment is a way of thinking, not a specific system, says a DHS request for information.
Digital Government
NTSB recommends new data recovery tech to FAA
Recent air disasters present stark evidence that the government needs new aircraft location and in-flight data transmission technologies.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service needs a CIO
The Secret Service is looking to pay up to $183,300 to a candidate who can "transform" the way the agency uses technology.
Modernization
Flagging skill sets yet to be addressed
GAO says a shortage of telecom expertise slowed transition to a new system and drove up the cost.
People
PSC acquires TechAmerica Foundation operations
The Professional Services Council will take over the Vision Forecast and Conference, annual CIO survey and American Technology Awards.
Cybersecurity
Stempfley leaving DHS
The deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications will join the Mitre Corp. in February.
Acquisition
Air Force moves to debar FedBid
The action was sparked by a 2014 Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general investigation.
Acquisition
GSA unveils prices-paid tool for Alliant
The tool shares detailed data on past task orders to help agencies conduct market research and develop better cost estimates.
Cybersecurity
Accidental breach is top cyber threat concern
A survey of federal IT managers shows that while insiders pose a bigger danger, cybersecurity funding is targeted at exterior threats.
Cybersecurity
Fed data at risk in attacks on university computers
DHS is warning that a college's information-filled IT infrastructure can provide access to sensitive federal networks.
Cybersecurity