Cyber defenders hone skills in international wargame
For Locked Shields 2017, 800 participants from 25 nations defended a fictional military air base in the face of attacks on its electric power grid, drones, military command and control systems and other operational infrastructure.
San Diego puts internet, GPS in choppers
A partnership between the city and AT&T puts GPS service and a secure two-way network connection in the Airborne Law Enforcement helicopter fleet.
State officials push tech to combat child porn
The Campaign for Child Rescue encourages the use of advanced technology to locate and rescue children from sexual exploitation and trafficking.
GSA launches virtual assistant pilot
The project will help make government information available to consumers via personal digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, Google Assistant and Facebook Messenger.
HHS funds states’ fight against opioids
The Department of Health and Human Services will distribute $485 million in grants to all 50 states to support evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery services.
Uncovering the hacker archetypes
Hackers can be categorized by the essential and universal traits they share, a developer says.
What’s a tech domain name worth? NYC is about to find out.
On May 2, the city will auction off its tech-themed premium domains to local businesses.
Hawaii puts cannabis tracking in FedRAMP cloud
The state is using BioTrackTHC's State Traceability System in Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud for its state medical marijuana program.
More AWS services get FedRAMP High authorization
The services allow federal or commercial customers to process and store critical workloads with data up to the high-impact level in the AWS GovCloud.
Cloud use climbs amid concerns over complexity
Government IT managers’ concerns about performance and complexity in hybrid environments are overtaking those of security, a new survey finds.
IBM launches blockchain as a service
Based on the IBM Cloud, the new service gives enterprises a way to experiment with the distributed ledger technology.
Election systems security under increasing scrutiny
Local elections officials are struggling with maintaining and protecting their election systems, despite offers of help from the Department of Homeland Security.
Wisconsin improves records response time by 30 percent
After Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order in March 2016 directing agencies to improve customer service related to records requests, state agencies have been able to meet requests promptly, track requests and facilitate access to electronic records.
Comptroller stops payments for Illinois ERP upgrade
Illinois’s plan to upgrade its legacy enterprise resource planning system hit a wall on March 13 when the state comptroller suspended $27 million in payments to consultants and IT vendors.
Virginia Tech, D-Wave quantum center targets defense, intell
D-Wave will work with Virginia Tech to train its staff, faculty and affiliates in the intelligence and defense communities to build new applications and software tools for its quantum computers.
Columbus revs up smart city efforts
The winner of the Smart City Challenge has named a project lead and continues to gather funding and resources.
IBM pushes toward quantum goal
The company announced plans to scale its systems to 50 qubits and make them commercially available for business and collaborative scientific research.
California opens access to public business conducted on private devices
Communications by government officials in California who use personal devices or email accounts to conduct official business may be subject to disclosure under the California Public Record Acts.
How data is helping NYC cut traffic deaths
A new report outlines how data shared across agencies is helping the city meet its Vision Zero goals.
Cities to Trump: Don’t forget about broadband infrastructure
Local government leaders are urging President Donald Trump to support access, affordability and local solutions for broadband connectivity.
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