People
DOD cyber defense plan draws fire
Critics say the plan revives many familiar, unfulfilled goals.
Cybersecurity
What LulzSec teaches us about hacktivism
The 50-day hackathon of government and corporate websites highlights new techniques and what's at stake.
Modernization
How cloud computing messes with your team
Agency IT departments need to reorient themselves as expert service consultants in the age of cloud computing, a report says.
Modernization
Navy faces headwinds in critical IT plans
IT, now as important as any other weapons system, cannot afford to be shortchanged by budget and force cuts, Navy officials say.
Modernization
Are consolidation's savings a mirage?
Migrating software to a new data center could take a big bite out of consolidation's anticipated payback.
People
Budget battles: Transparency sites take a major hit
Cuts to the E-Government Fund jeopardize President Barack Obama's transparency initiatives.
Digital Government
How microservers could change the data center
Find out why some experts think microservers are going to give the boot to virtualization in many large datacenters.
Cybersecurity
Bin Laden's tech habit could trip up his terrorist group
Despite his efforts to go off the grid, Osama bin Laden's dependence on technology might lead to the biggest blow to his terrorist group.
Modernization
Ditch the data center groupthink and consider a new efficiency option
The picky power eaters in a tiny package aim to be the mighty mites of the data center.
Digital Government
Apple iPhone becomes lightning rod for public's privacy fears
The discovery of a location-tracking feature that can't be turned off sparked consumer fears and a clumsy response from Apple.
Digital Government
Federal transparency clouded in uncertainty
The proposed budget cuts that would shutter Data.gov sparked a debate about what would be lost.
Modernization
Cloud computing: mainframe redux
Large IT vendors are using interest in cloud computing to angle for a much bigger share of your IT spending.
Digital Government
Looking for help from veterans (again)
FCW wants to know what you think of the VA's new Blue Button personal health record Web application.
Modernization
AT&T's buyout of T-Mobile: Good or bad for federal IT?
AT&T's plan to buy T-Mobile might be a boon to agencies' mobile aspirations.
Digital Government
Kundra's cell phone plan panned
Vivek Kundra’s idea to give feds a $2,000 smart phone subsidy prompted a sober-minded pushback from readers.
Digital Government
Can we avoid telework train wrecks?
The number of federal employees who telework is going to grow this year, but it’s not going to be a successful situation for all of them.
Cybersecurity
Tokenization: A privacy solution worth watching
The privacy-protecting technology is making inroads in the private sector but has yet to break into the government market.
Cybersecurity
RSA wrap-up: A view from the cyber trenches
RSA's annual security conference highlighted an escalation of online hostilities, but it’s still not cyber war, federal officials said.
Digital Government
Which cloud services are you eyeing?
E-mail has been a popular choice among early public cloud adopters, so what's next?
Modernization
Cloud isn't playing out like we thought
Everyone expects cloud computing to transform government technology practices, but the question is how.
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