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DISA's new focus: supporting mobility
The Defense Information Systems Agency is undergoing sweeping changes in how it delivers information services to the warfighting community. DISA CIO Henry Sienkiewicz talked with GCN about managing those changes, DISA's progress developing more elastic systems and the role cloud computing will play.
Digital Government
DOD sketches its diagram of the future
Dave Wennergren talks about past experiences, the evolution of the federal government in the Information Age and what the future might have in store.
Infrastructure
CIA needs nimble tech to keep pace
Chief Technology Officer Gus Hunt describes how the CIA is building its future on cloud computing, social media and other emerging technologies.
Infrastructure
DISA moves data closer to the front lines
Alfred Rivera, director of DISA's computing services, discusses the Rapid Access Computing Environment, cloud computing and data center consolidation -- and how those efforts deliver content to the battlefield.
Infrastructure
The challenge of transformational change
Potentially game-changing IT initiatives abound at agencies. But the odds are that they'll produce only incremental rather than transformational change. That doesn't mean we should stop trying.
Digital Government
Redfly swats tiny cell phone screens
The Redfly mobile Companion C7 can solve the problem of working with tiny cell phone screens.
Infrastructure
Android, iPhone platforms dominate Apps for Army
The Apps for Army challenge not only demonstrated a new model for dealing with the military’s notoriously cumbersome acquisition process. It also demonstrated the growing momentum Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems are gaining inside military networks.
Infrastructure
The value of the IT Dashboard, warts and all
The federal IT Dashboard might lack the capabilities of more robust applications in managing large-scale IT projects. But it does something those applications can’t by providing an increasingly comprehensive picture of where federal IT dollars are going — and, in some cases, going to waste.
Infrastructure
A renaissance of government Web apps
Federal Web sites are finding innovative ways to serve the public that complement, if not rival, what’s taking place in the private sector.
Infrastructure
Congress casts a skeptical eye on the cloud
Cloud computing -- and its potential effect on future government technology initiatives -- finds its way onto the congressional stage.
Cybersecurity
A cyber bill worth enacting
The long-awaited Senate cybersecurity bill, introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Thomas Carper, succeeds in providing a greater good in defending against cyberattacks and deserves to be enacted.
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Cybersecurity
Continuous monitoring guidance under way at NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is getting behind efforts to deploy continuous network monitoring, with an updated guidance on monitoring and a FAQ that anticipates admins' concerns.
Infrastructure
The march to the cloud reaches a turning point
The move toward cloud computing will likely be a long one for agencies. But as of May 20, there’s no doubt it is well underway.
Infrastructure
For better info security, certify the workforce
Marc Noble, (ISC)2's director of government affairs, talks about the need for certified information security professionals and three emerging areas that need attention: software security, cloud computing and risk management.
Digital Government
Reduced funding might actually improve intelligence work
Declining budgets could force intelligence agencies to streamline redundant analysis systems.
Infrastructure
How Web-based technologies are reinventing government services
Web-based technologies on display at the Gov 2.0 Conference are helping governments across the globe serve citizens more effectively.
Cybersecurity
Next steps for continuous network monitoring
Developments reflect the conclusion that agencies must move beyond current Federal Information Security Management Act requirements.
Infrastructure
GSA solicitation solidifies cloud commitment
Efforts advance to make cloud computing services accessible to federal agencies with new RFQ, the launch of a web site, and new support for FedRAMP program.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity gets new attention from the Hill
New legislation that would give the cybersecurity coordinator post new authority, including budget control, comes as welcome news.
Infrastructure