People
DOD systems block feds from reading about NSA leaks
Even when it has been widely published, classified information must still be treated as if it were secret.
Modernization
Data center holdup: A question of funding?
A reader wonders whether the mysterious hold on a data-center consolidation project could be over who pays the bill.
Digital Government
DOE appeal: Breaking exaflop barrier will require more funding
As China takes the lead in the supercomputer race, the Energy Department asks for continued congressional support in its efforts to advance.
Modernization
IRS needs better data center consolidation plan: IG
Agency is shuttering some data centers, but lacks clear metrics or management plan, audit finds.
Modernization
VA terminates $36 million cloud deal with HP
Agency cites changing requirements and "convenience of the government" as the reason for canceling the enterprise e-mail contract.
Cybersecurity
AFCEA to honor Spires
The former DHS CIO, who resigned in May, will be honored later this month.
Modernization
DOE data center deal still at impasse
Legislators seek answers as it becomes unclear whether OMB or the Energy Department itself is holding up the department's energy-saving contract.
People
Legislation would cut feds' travel expenses with videoconferencing
Congressman urges all of government to learn from certain agencies' recent success stories.
Modernization
Intelligence Community seeks unified communications
The second phase of the Desktop Environment portion of the IC's Information Technology Enterprise strategy is soon to begin.
People
USDA outlines use case for tablets
A shift from paper to iPads speeds data-gathering and cuts costs, agency says.
People
Mobile productivity: Too much of a good thing?
Feds are using mobile devices more than ever, but is that necessarily a plus?
Digital Government
Snail mail offers no escape from monitoring
The USPS tracks mail for law enforcement, suggesting another massive database project for an agency already deep into supercomputer-powered analytics.
People
Space-based backup guards Weather Service systems
Because even the forecasters of the weather are vulnerable to it, the National Weather Service is escaping the atmosphere altogether.
Digital Government
Next-generation polar satellites pass key reviews
The Joint Polar Satellite System's first new satellite -- JPSS-1 -- is on budget and on schedule toward its 2017 launch.
Modernization
Interior takes records management to the cloud
New system promises to cut costs, deliver 'real business intelligence.'
Digital Government
USDA gets FedRAMP nod
The department joins several private-sector providers on the list of GSA-approved cloud offerings.
Acquisition
Senate committee wants answers on energy saving delays
Contracts based on energy savings could aid the optimization of data centers, but the OMB put a hold on the first such effort was to begin, raising senator's concerns.
People
Cureton's successor picked at NASA
Larry Sweet, NASA's new CIO, takes office as the agency is under IG pressure to improve its IT management.
People
New challenges face the new Presidential Innovation Fellows
A new group of private-sector leading lights has been assembled to try to outdo last year's class.
Cybersecurity
Snowden pardon petition reaches critical mass
Enough people have signed a 'We the People' petition demanding a pardon for the NSA leaker to elicit a White House responds.
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