Tag Archives: mobile devices

The Pentagon has disabled the smartphones and tablets of some military personnel as it makes the transition to a Fixmo-based mobile device management platform, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes Damien Pickart, a Pentagon spokesperson, told Nextgov in an email the Defense Information Systems Agency won’t provision new Android and …

Pentagon officials are considering the use of mobile devices to verify identities and manage access controls throughout the department, FCW reported Monday. Amber Corrin writes the Defense Department wants to leverage technologies for near-field communications or to utilize derived credentials stored in microSD or SIM cards. Greg Youst, the Defense …

The Defense Department has hired mobile security company Fixmo to develop a mobile device management platform for Pentagon staff to access email and calendar activities and browse the Internet using Google Android and Apple mobile devices, Defense News reported Monday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes the Pentagon is acquiring a monitoring …

A new report from MeriTalk says the U.S. government could gain 364 productive hours, or $14,000 in annual productivity gains per employee, by adopting enterprise mobility initiatives. More than 200 federal managers were surveyed for the “Feds on the Go: Network Needs for Maximum Mobility” report, which highlights federal employees’ mobile …

On May 23, The White House issued a set of standards meant to assist federal agencies in choosing and deploying the right mobile technology to support their missions, Fed Connects reported Thursday. Officials released the guidelines as the Federal Mobile Security Baseline, Mobile Security Decision Framework and Mobile Security Reference …

The U.S. General Services Administration has launched a program that lets government agencies purchase mobile offerings and services from a group of pre-screened vendors, according to a Nextgov article published on Thursday. Joseph Marks writes that GSA’s managed mobility program will help agencies acquire technology to ensure that employees use …

The U.S. Navy Department has slashed $2 billion from the $8 billion the department annually spends on information technology, Federal News Radio reported on Thursday. Jared Serbu writes Navy Department chief information officer Terry Halvorsen has said the department spends 4.5 percent of its budget on IT, in-line with the current …

The National Security Agency has started developing a cloud computing platform intended to help secure the government’s network infrastructure, FedScoop reported Friday. David Stegon writes NSA has reached out to the country’s open source community by allowing developers to collaborate in shoring up the cloud infrastructure’s code for the cloud …

Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. have secured approval from the U.S. Defense Department to deploy their mobile device brands for government-wide use, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Will Connors writes the DoD could release two separate security clearances for Samsung’s Galaxy-branded smartphones and Apple’s iPhones and iPads in …

The Defense Department is denying a report that it will replace all of its current mobile devices with 650,000 Apple iOS devices, GCN reports. Technology website Electronista reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon planned to buy the iOS devices and eliminate Blackberry devices after sequestration concludes. In response, Lt. Col. …