Tag Archives: mobile devices

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. …

The Defense Information Systems Agency recently migrated the one millionth user to a new cloud-based email system and aims to move all Army users to the new platform by next month, Federal News Radio reports. Jared Serbu writes 967,000 out of the 1 million users work for the Army and …

A study from the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance found 85 percent of surveyed federal technology leaders consider cybersecurity a high priority for their agency, AOL Government reports. Of the 203 surveyed information technology leaders, 39 percent listed mobility as a high priority for their agencies, with big data following …

Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Roger Baker recently said he does not have the authority to determine if data plans for the VA’s bring-your-own-device strategy can be reimbursed, Fierce Government IT reports. According to Molly Bernhart Walker’s story, he told reporters those are mainly human resource and business functions, adding …

Tuesday’s earthquake on the east coast revealed the problem with too many people trying to use their cell phones at the same time: some could not connect at all. The east coast is now bracing for the impact of Hurricane Irene. In light of the post-quake problems, the nation’s top …

Starting Oct. 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs is allowing its hospitals and employees to use mobile devices, granted the devices are verified as secure and personal information is encrypted. Currently, the BlackBerry is the only approved device for VA employees, but other phones, such as Apple’s iPhone, are likely …

The National Security Agency is developing ways to secure Top Secret information on commercial mobile infrastructure found on such everyday devices as smartphones and tablet computers. Debora Plunkett, director of NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate, told Nextgov in an interview that finding ways to use and secure sensitive information on mobile …

Many federal employees carry two mobile devices: one for work and the other for personal use. For federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, who spoke recently at an AFCEA Bethesda conference, that’s one smartphone too many. He said federal IT departments would benefit by leveraging the power — and the …

The prevalence of mobile devices, especially among federal workers, could be the next step in decentralizing agency-level IT departments, allowing the government’s technology to be deployed more nimbly, the nation’s chief information officer said at a tech conference last week. The overarching consumerization of IT represents a “megashift” in how …