Digital Government
Do agencies still have year-end spending sprees?
We tried to find out what agencies are spending their year-end money on, but it might not work like that anymore.
Digital Government
Army tests electronic, updatable manuals for the field
The Army is testing a variety of applications and devices, including a Kindle, six iPads and an Entourage Edge, as potential platforms for battlefield systems manuals.
Digital Government
Marines harness the sun
Gas-powered generators use hundreds of gallons of fuel that has to be sent to the front lines. Marines are hoping new technologies will ease the load.
Digital Government
Government waking up to social media, survey finds
A new report finds the government adoption of social media lags behind the commercial sector, but new policies have launched a flurry of activity.
Digital Government
Social media becomes a diplomatic battleground
The U.S. government isn't the only national government using social media applications.
Digital Government
DOD marches forward with social media
With new rules, DOD is expanding its use of social media applications, including Web 2.0 tools that stay behind military firewalls.
Digital Government
Can technology erode a mountain of classified documents?
DARPA solicits bids for new technologies to help declassify the mountains of U.S. government classified data.
Digital Government
DARPA wants to blow up military design process, start over
The government's blue-sky R&D agency launches a new effort to reinvent the design and manufacture of defense equipment using computer aid and crowdsourcing.
Digital Government
U.S. Military Buys Portable Movie Theaters
The military is buying portable outdoor movie theaters for its troops.
Digital Government
Google Apps government reach grows
Google's cloud-based software suite is making inroads with federal and local government agencies.
Digital Government
Taiwan launches cloud initiative
Taiwan's government has a five-year program to make that nation more competitive in the global cloud computing market.
Cybersecurity
What customers want from data recovery companies -- besides their data back
A DriveSavers survey of 636 information technology security and support personnel asks for criteria in vetting a data recovery company that could wind up handling sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Can you trust your data recovery vendor?
Pressed for time and money, agencies are often lax about vetting third-party data recovery companies. New NIST guidance seeks to correct the problem.
Digital Government
DARPA tries to know when to hold 'em
DARPA is opening the door for applicants to design solutions with the assumption that most systems and networks have already been compromised.
Digital Government
Researchers knock part of the Internet offline
A university software experiment accidentally shut down a small part of the Internet last week.
Digital Government
DARPA unveils program to develop autonomous robots
DARPA's four-year Autonomous Robotic Manipulation program aims to produce robots that can perform complex tasks with minimal human intervention.
Modernization
How to avoid collaboration snares
Scott Lock of Excella Consulting discusses implementing SharePoint in the federal sector.
Digital Government
DARPA plans a network of virtual satellites
DARPA revises its program to launch clusters of small, wirelessly connected mini satellites.
Digital Government
How to succeed with IPv6
The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is one of the few organizations in the U.S. government that operates its networks on Internet protocol version 6. The center's chief IT engineer shares lessons learned from years of operational experience.
Digital Government
DARPA sets privacy rules for its programs
New privacy principles provide ethics framework for future DARPA research.
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