People
A business model for drones
Advances in IT provide an opportunity for DOD to rethink how it acquires, designs and builds unmanned systems.
Acquisition
18F unveils first pilot app
FBOpen is designed to make it easier for small businesses to search for contracting opportunities.
Modernization
TSA wants to link alarms with CCTV
Improving the interoperability of first responders' radio systems was also among the recommendations in a report written in response to the killing of a TSA officer last fall at LAX.
Modernization
Rochford to run telecom technology lab
The new Colorado-based facility is a joint NIST/NTIA effort.
Modernization
'The end of hype for cloud'
The next step in making the most of cloud services is establishing effective acquisition strategies for federal agencies.
Modernization
Cloud's potential depends on interoperability
Cloud technology is becoming a force multiplier for emerging mobility and big data capabilities at federal agencies.
Cybersecurity
Eating up the IT spending pie
IT integration remains a work in progress for disparate DHS components.
Cybersecurity
CBP’s cargo data system takes next step
The Automated Commercial Environment is set to be fully in place by the end of 2016 and will replace CBP’s legacy import/export data systems.
Cybersecurity
Filling in the blanks on GSA's cyber-response campus
Experts say cyber-response consolidation is a laudable goal, but warn that it is also fraught with potential problems.
Acquisition
Acquisition environment 'is receptive to new ideas'
Feds hope to make a virtue of necessity by overhauling the acquisition landscape in response to stagnant IT budgets.
Cybersecurity
In search of buy-in for continuous monitoring
CDM is designed to provide a steady flow of security data that enables agencies to identify and mitigate cyber threats quickly and efficiently, but in some ways the technology is still in its infancy.
Modernization
GSA looks at lessons learned from Networx contract
The agency has made public a pair of documents detailing takeaways from the longer-than-expected transition.
Digital Government
One DHS remains a work in progress
The multiple components at the department have an existing architecture of databases "not conducive to effective implementation," report finds.
People
Chief acquisition officer leaves GSA for White House
Anne Rung replaces Joe Jordan as administrator of OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Digital Government
Senator aims to boost use of stolen-passport database
Sen. Charles Schumer’s proposal would block countries from the visa waiver program if they don’t use Interpol’s travel document service.
People
Project management, Jedi style
Major IT projects require a "do, or do not" approach, say those who have been through the wringer.
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber framework team named
The group will work under Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Communications Phyllis Schneck.
Cybersecurity
CBP unveils revamped website
The redesign of the Customs and Border Protection portal is the first in the DHS agency’s existence.
Cybersecurity
FEMA's new CISO comes aboard
Donna Bennett was formerly the senior information assurance officer at National Defense University.
Modernization