Govt Launches Dialogue to Develop Federal Mobility Strategy
Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel launched an interactive dialogue Wednesday that looks for “stakeholders such as mobile experts, policymakers, developers, industry and citizens to submit their ideas on how to accelerate Federal mobility.” While speaking at the CES Government...
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International Cyber Arms Bazaar Demonstrates Depth US Must Go for Cybersecurity
Earlier this month, a diverse crowd of government agents, private developers and hackers from around the world gathered at a Hilton in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to get a firsthand look at some of the world’s most cutting edge cyber...
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Stratfor Cyber Breach Adds to Debate Over Govt Role in Protecting Private Networks
A cybersecurity breach at intelligence think tank Stratfor over the weekend struck close to the central point of debate over how to secure domestic networks, Josh Smith wrote in the National Journal today. Smith wrote that this debate “has...
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GDAIS to Research JAVA Apps, Next-Gen Displays, Monitoring Systems
General Dynamics will tap its Fairfax, Va.-based advanced information systems operations to undertake what the Defense Department is calling an ‘innovative’ round of technological research for the Navy’s combat systems. On the award, the business unit will research next-generation combat...
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Cyber Experts Predict What Will Leave, What Will Stick in 2012
With the year’s end approaching, many information technology firms and officials are making their stance on what they believe is to come and has come to be in terms of cybersecurity. “As we head into 2012, many CIOs are...
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GovConExec Engages the New C4ISR in Recently Launched Winter Issue
With the end of one year and the launch into another, GovConExec, published by The New New Internet’s parent company Executive Mosaic, has released it’s eighth issue in the second year of publishing. The Winter 2011 issue, C4ISR: GovCon Leaders...
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Federal Spending Moves to Cybersecurity, Contractors Follow
It has become evident of recent that agencies are beginning to refocus much of their spending toward cybersecurity related activity. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for example, plans to increase cybersecurity research spending by 50 percent over the...
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Survey Says.. Businesses on Top of the Cloud
Throughout the last two years, cloud computing has emerged as the Swiss army knife of information technology within the business and government sectors. The cloud has been marketed and implemented as a way to improve communication, speed up business...
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RedHatGov Symposium Highlights Roadmap to the 25 Point Plan, Open Source
About this time last week, FedScoop and Red Hat were wrapping up the 2011 Red Hat Government Symposium at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Red Hat provided continual updates during the event on its Twitter account, RedHatGov, highlighting key speakers and remarks. ...
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Contractors Testing Army Comm, ISR Networks
The U.S. Army has increasingly tested communications networks as it looks to upgrade its capabilities, and three contracting firms have helped the service branch conduct exercises. ITT Exelis, recently spun-off from former parent ITT Corp., is currently demonstrating several...
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