Technology

You get a software factory! And you get a software factory!

DISA’s Vulcan program aims to give defense agencies and field activities all the tools they need to improve their software development practices.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Soldiers can use their phones for work under new Army pilot

Unlike other Pentagon BYOD efforts, this one taps the cloud for a secure remote work experience.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

U.S. trails China in key tech areas, new report warns

Ex-Google, DOD leaders paint dire picture unless U.S. organizes to win technology races.

  • By Patrick Tucker and Lauren C. Williams

Mike Bloomberg named chair of Defense Innovation Board

The former New York City mayor and billionaire replaces Mark Sirangelo.

  • By Patrick Tucker and Marcus Weisgerber

Senate backs $250M in election security grants

With the threat of Russian interference in the 2020 elections looming, lawmakers added fund for states to shore up election infrastructure and improve voting system cybersecurity.

  • By Derek B. Johnson

Is Congress expanding its knowledge to meet oversight demands?

Another Hill hearing on social media shows members and staff struggling to keep pace with the knowledge required to do oversight on technology topics.

  • By Chase Gunter

House mulls revival of shuttered tech office

An appropriations bill funding the legislative branch calls for a study of resurrecting the defunct Office of Technology Assessment.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Navy hits refresh button on IT inventory

The Navy projects the updated Applications and Database Management System can save it millions of dollars.

  • By Sean Lyngaas

Departing US-CERT boss to launch cyber venture firm

In an exclusive interview with FCW, Ann Barron-DiCamillo talked encryption, the OPM hack and her legacy as director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team.

  • By Sean Lyngaas

Obama bemoans obsolete tech in budget request

The president put the federal government's portfolio of aging IT systems front and center in his final budget request to Congress.

  • By Bianca Spinosa, Chase Gunter, Zach Noble and Adam Mazmanian

Are feds missing the boat on modernization?

In a new survey, federal leaders say they're making digital progress, but most also say they're merely updating old systems, not reinventing processes for the Digital Age.

  • By Zach Noble

Obama leans on tech in gun control action

President Barack Obama's executive actions to tighten national gun control include efforts to bolster FBI and ATF databases, as well as spur research and development of safe gun technology.

  • By Mark Rockwell

FITARA set to pick up speed in 2016

Federal CIOs face more deadlines, but are taking new powers to heart.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Protests resolved, GSA launches agile BPA

GSA has resolved protests around its agile Blanket Purchase agreement, added a vendor and can now begin awarding work.

  • By Mark Rockwell
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Ashkan Soltani to join White House tech team

The former Federal Trade Commission chief technologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist will be advising federal CTO Megan Smith.

  • By Bianca Spinosa

Congress grants the National Labs a FITARA exemption in omnibus

The $1.1 trillion spending bill includes a FITARA carve-out for the National Labs, some key appropriations for IT improvements and cybersecurity, and lumps of coal for a few problematic programs.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Remembering programming pioneer Ada Lovelace at 200

Ada Lovelace, arguably the first computer programmer, was born 200 years ago today. She worked with Charles Babbage on one of the earliest computers in 1843.

  • By Bianca Spinosa

18F, Digital Service are here to stay, CIO says

The new in-house IT consultancies at GSA and OMB will likely outlast the Obama administration, according to federal CIO Tony Scott.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Carnegie Mellon professor to serve as FTC's chief technologist

Carnegie Mellon University professor Lorrie Faith Cranor will replace Ashkan Soltani as chief technologist, the consumer protection agency announced on Dec. 3.

  • By Aleida Fernandez

Can U.S. border tech detect fake passports?

The Paris terror attacks prompted debate in the United States on a number of policy issues, including passport security.

  • By Sean Lyngaas

GSA IT is vulnerable, IG says

The IG's semiannual report details integration and security troubles haunting GSA investments.

  • By Zach Noble