Mobile and Wireless

Could DOD’s ambitious joint information environment lead to iPhone-wielding warriors?

Hopes are high that DOD's cloud-based architecture will make a real difference for deployed soldiers, but some challenges still remain to be solved.

  • By Amber Corrin

NARA asks for input on mobile choices

Officials plan to make the Federal Register and its other documents more easily accessible via the Internet.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Interior seeks to safeguard mobile devices

The Interior Department seeks ways to protect information and networks when employees carry agency mobile devices to foreign lands.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Is mobility the way out of customer satisfaction stagnation?

Consumers are largely satisfied with federal websites, but their opinions seem to be unchanging. Could more attention to mobility nudge the numbers upward?

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Solving WAN Issues Takes More Than Adding Bandwidth

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  • By Jean-Paul Bergeaux

What comes after Networx?

The next federal telecom contract will focus on mobility, cloud and flexibility.

  • By John Zyskowski

Arlington Cemetery developing smartphone app

Visitors to Arlington Cemetery will soon have a virtual tour app to show them around.

  • By FCW Staff

A faster, better, cheaper way to do high-tech procurement?

Some experts question whether RFP-EZ is the right way to go about fixing the government’s IT procurement problems.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Should DOD be taking more risks with mobility?

DOD's intrinsic risk aversion challenges its ability to stay current with mobile capabilities, and some of its leaders believe it's time to rethink that caution.

  • By Amber Corrin

How RIM's fortune could affect your BlackBerry

The maker of the popular BlackBerry is on the financial ropes. What does it mean for feds?

  • By Camille Tuutti

GAO, OMB chart IT reform progress differently

GAO warns the Obama administration that it risks losing momentum in its IT reforms by declaring work completed too early.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

BYOD: Trend or trivia?

Is 'bring your own device' the next big thing for government or is it just a fad?

  • By Michael Hardy

NAVAIR plans 4G cell service for amphibious group

The Naval Air Systems Command plans to leverage commercial cellular technology to test the broadband communications capability aboard three ships in 2013.

  • By FCW Staff

Federal 100: Eugene W. Higgins

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  • By John Zyskowski
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Is the government ready for a mobile transformation?

Federal mobility is going to require a shift in attitudes and approaches throughout the government.

  • By Amber Corrin

What's new about the new iPad?

It's not called the "iPad 3," but it features some significant upgrades under the hood and on the screen.

  • By John Breeden II

Interior creates system for employee mobile device connection

The Interior Department is encouraging its workers to use their own mobile devices to connect with the department's time and attendence system on its network.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Survey: More feds choose telework for the time savings, not work-life balance

Also: Employees, managers have different opinions about management acceptance of telework.

  • By Camille Tuutti

DOD's Android effort begins to bear fruit

DOD's embrace of the Android operating system is just getting started. How did it begin?

  • By Henry Kenyon

VA mobile devices to be primarily for clinicians, CIO says

Clinicians and benefits specialists need mobile devices more than other employees, says CIO Roger Baker.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Technology on the outs in 2012

Some technology standbys will get their walking papers this year.

  • By Brian Robinson