Government Technology

NASA has teamed up with the National Science Foundation in an effort to develop an instrument that can detect exoplanets by measuring the "wobbling" of stars caused by the gravitational...

A Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program office plans to add a "readiness capabilities assessment" to the FedRAMP process in an effort to help vendors demonstrate their cloud technology and service offerings early...

Government delegates from the U.S. and Germany held a two-day meeting to discuss their decade-long cooperation on efforts to meet their strategic objectives in the field of cybersecurity. Officials from...

Gina Loften, vice president and chief innovation officer of IBM's federal business, has said she believes agile methodology can help agencies create information technology applications to deliver citizen services. Loften wrote in...

The Commerce Department has appointed 17 digital technology leaders to the board of advisers of the agency's newly-formed digital economy agenda organization. The department said Tuesday the appointees will work to provide private...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department have released the list of awardees for the 2016 edition of Energy Star Partners of the Year. Both agencies have recognized 149 businesses from...

The Interior Department has adopted a Google-built enterprise platform as part of efforts to integrate the agency's collaboration and email services into a cloud computing environment, FedTech Magazine reported Monday. Steve Zurier writes...

Forty-four percent of federal information technology leaders surveyed by Vormetric said talent shortage prevents their agencies from adopting modern data protection tools and 43 percent cited budgetary issues as a data security barrier....

The Government Accountability Office has said the Internal Revenue Service's computer systems are still susceptible to threats despite the IRS' progress in information security controls. GAO said in a report...

Terry Halvorsen Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer at the Defense Department, has said DoD will work to update its networks, improve its cybersecurity posture and attract and retain information technology...