Business
Congress May Be Making the Pentagon Amazon's Next Big Customer
Though lawmakers revised the so-called "Amazon amendment," only a small number of companies could provide the government with an e-commerce site.
Business
NSA Quietly Awards a Classified $2.4B Tech Contract, With More to Come
CSRA won the first of three NSA Groundbreaker contracts to upgrade parts of the intelligence community’s IT infrastructure.
Science & Tech
DARPA Wants to MacGyver the Internet Using Only What's in Troops' Pockets
The research agency wants to tap the computer power of the devices warfighters already have to network anywhere.
Science & Tech
CIA's Cloud is 'Pretty Close' to Invincible, CIO Says
The agency wants to operate more like commercial companies, not the government, CIA CIO John Edwards said.
Science & Tech
Veterans Affairs to Adopt DoD’s Electronic Health-Records System
VA will sign onto MHS Genesis platform being developed by Cerner and Leidos under a $4 billion contract.
Policy
Meet the Woman in Charge of Customer Service for Millions of Vets
Lynda Davis, VA's chief veteran experience officer, will continue working on Vets.gov and getting real-time feedback for veterans.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon’s Bug Bounty Program Should Be Expanded to Bases, DOD Official Says
The ‘best and brightest’ hackers could accelerate the search for vulnerabilities across some of the Defense Department’s broader critical infrastructure.
Science & Tech
How a National Lab in Charge of Nuclear Safety Optimized Its Systems
It went from having 63 data centers to 18 across a square-mile campus, reducing facility costs and repurposing staff.
Science & Tech
Veterans Calling VA's Crisis Line Can Finally Get Through. Here’s Why.
A team of techies and customer-service professionals starting tackling the problem in 2015.
Science & Tech
VA's Patchwork System Eats Most of its $4B Tech Budget. Congress Wants That to Stop.
The agency’s CIO says there’s no clear plan for replacing custom-built systems, two of which are more than 50 years old.
Science & Tech
How the Navy’s Warship Shop Uses Data to Do More with Less
A Navy program office turned to an analytics and visualization tool to help optimize complex tasks.
Science & Tech
The CIA’s Classified Cloud Is Reducing Tasks from Months to Minutes
Launched in April, the intelligence community's 10-year, $600 million Amazon-built infrastructure project is already producing results.
Business
How to Get the Market to Make Secure IoT Devices
New rules for government purchases might be the fastest way to make sure new internet-connected devices don’t join botnets.
Ideas
The Pentagon's Mapmakers Want to Offer Customers an Amazon-Like Experience
A National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency directorate is seeking better ways to custom-tailor geospatial information products.
Science & Tech
The CIA Says It Can Predict Social Unrest as Early as 3 to 5 Days Out
The reason: a dramatic improvement in analytics, cloud computing and ‘deep learning.’
Science & Tech
The US Military Will ‘Be Left Behind’ If It Doesn’t Embrace Open-Source Software, Report Says
Amid a rising China and Russia, the Pentagon’s slow pace on the software front could cost it tactically for years to come.
Science & Tech
If There’s Malware In Your Toaster, the US Military Wants to Find It
The idea is to protect household appliances connected to the internet by remotely monitoring subtle changes in thermal signals transmitted under normal conditions.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon’s Massive IT Consolidation Plan Is In Trouble
Defense officials can’t project the program's cost because of its complexity, and because officials can’t even agree what is or isn’t included.
Science & Tech
US Navy Wants to Train Its Own 'Ethical' Hackers
The service wants to certify sailors to think more like a cyber adversary to better defend its networks across the globe.
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