Modernization
White House backs $400M push for 5G research
The Advanced Wireless Research Initiative, led by NSF, will sow the seeds for next-generation wireless services in the U.S. by setting up research networks to experiment with applications.
Digital Government
FCC revamping comment system
FCC is finalizing a cloud-based comment system that can better handle sudden input surges and make data more readily available.
People
FCC wants a chief data officer
The FCC is seeking someone to wrangle its diverse datasets and chart a course for future innovation.
Modernization
FCC chief wants to expand privacy rules for broadband
The FCC circulated a new proposal March 10 that outlines Commissioner Tom Wheeler's plan to address what information Internet Service Providers can collect and share about their customers.
Digital Government
For the future to work, tech needs to bare all
Open-source systems and open windows onto those systems will be the keys to a future in which citizens trust and engage with Internet-connected devices everywhere.
Digital Government
DOD official: Don't recklessly give away spectrum
Feds must be prepared for even more urgent commercial demands for precious wireless spectrum, according to a top Pentagon IT official.
Modernization
Federal spectrum reallocation included in budget deal
A proposed two-year budget plan would use projected funds from federal spectrum auctions as a way to offset long-term spending.
Cybersecurity
FCC plans for 5G future, The WordPress woes of candidates and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Commerce seeks to widen acceptance of cyber framework
An FCC official told a telecom audience that though adherence is voluntary, it's in companies' best interest to participate in the framework.
Cybersecurity
FITARA architect wants to run the House, new tech at FCC and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Can feds share America's 'invisible infrastructure'?
Lawmakers are mulling bills that would encourage agencies to hand spectrum over to the data-hungry private sector.
Modernization
Will protecting Wi-Fi crowd out innovation?
Industry is pushing back against the prospect of spectrum restrictions as the age-old tradeoff – stability or innovation – looms with mobile connectivity.
Acquisition
Navy NextGen RFI, cyber acquisition and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
CIOs: 'A strategic partner, not a coder-in-chief'
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Modernization
GAO dings IRS, Secret Service techs-up for pope and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Cable trouble undercuts FCC's huge cloud move
Hardware problems have kept the agency from finishing its long-planned move to the commercial cloud on schedule.
People
Top feds talk agile
Federal leaders discussed agile's promise and the notion that the government-changing approach could yield positive results far beyond IT – if feds can stomach it.
Modernization
Spectrum sharing is no simple matter
Moving government spectrum to market can be a bureaucratic slog.
Cybersecurity
Where's the new cyber strategy?
A week after the end of the federal "sprint," OMB is working past its own deadline on the Federal Civilian Cybersecurity Strategy.
Digital Government