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Bring Your Own Device coming to agencies
Tim Hoechst is chief technology officer at Agilex.
Tags: Tim Hoechst , Agilex , technology , IT , In Depth
Smartphone apps a potential backdoor to hacking threats
A growing number of cyber criminals are targeting Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones through apps. Even reputable apps have Trojan copies — which criminals can use to take over a phone, according to ProductReviews.net.
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , smartphones
Mobile broadband emerges as hot topic at MilCom forum
As MilCom conference gets underway, Roger Krone, president of Boeing Network and Space Systems, discusses challenges of taking broadband communications mobile.
Tags: Roger Krone , Boeing , MILCOM , broadband , Boeing Network and Space Systems
Agencies develop an "app"-titude for going mobile
Gwynne Kostin, director of mobile at the GSA's Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, says the government has enough innovation to tackle the mobile challenge.
Tags: Gwynne Kostin , GSA , Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies , technology , USA.gov , IRS , TSA , mobile devices , NSF , app , Internet , In Depth , Michael OConnell
FCC vote may mean $50 billion in economic growth
Sharon Gillett, chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau, examines what change to Universal Service Fund means for Internet expansion.
Tags: Sharon Gillette , FCC , Internet , Federal Drive , Universal Service Fund , telecommunications
VA's mobile strategy aims for flexibility, multiple devices
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to hedge its bets when it comes to its planned rollout of up to 100,000 tablet devices. IT leaders worry about the unpredictability of the mobile technology landscape, and don't want to spend millions to develop apps for a platform that risks being superseded by a competitor.
Tags: VA , technology , IT , smartphones , mobile devices , Windows , Android , Apple , iPhone , iPad , Roger Baker , Jerry Davis , AFCEA Health IT Day 2011 , health IT , Jared Serbu
Industry group warns of bleakest IT budget in 17 years
The government's IT budget hasn't been squeezed this hard since Forrest Gump was on the big screen in 1994. In the next five years, agencies will focus their spending on mission-critical technology. They're also finding ways to save money though nontraditional contracts and IT consolidation, a survey by the industry group TechAmerica Foundation found.
Tags: technology , IT , TechAmerica Foundation , Dan Heinemeier , robert haas , acqusition , budget , consolidation , cybersecurity , cloud computing , Emily Kopp
DoD presses ahead on secure smartphones
Android devices are next up in DoD's effort to get off-the-shelf smartphones up to snuff with the Pentagon's security needs. Also, the Army looks for a better way to do two-factor authentication on mobile devices.
Tags: Defense , technology , DoD , Anmy Torres , Steven Smith , DISA , CAC , Army , HSPD-12 , Jared Serbu
How going mobile can help interagency collaboration
Gwynne Kostin is the Director of Mobile at the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at GSA. She explains how the program is coming along and what exactly it's doing to help interagency collaboration.
Tags: Gwynne Kostin , GSA , technology , collaboration , best practices , In Depth
Making Mobile Gov program to help agencies go mobile
A new program by the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies will help federal agencies develop a mobile technology strategy.
Tags: OCSIT , GSA , Gwynne Kostin , Government Technology , technology , Collaboration Center , wiki , making gov mobile
