Government Policy, Business and Technology

Federal Agencies Embrace Agile Security: How Atlassian Tools Help Agencies Infuse Security into Agile Development

Driven by the growing number of cybercrimes that target both public sector entities and private corporations, along with increasing pressure to upgrade security, comply with stringent regulatory oversight and migrate to cloud-based services, federal agencies are working to modernize and improve the agility of crucial...

9 Tips to Help Secure Every Federal Employee’s Mobile Device

NextGov: The ever-increasing use of mobile devices in government agencies means mobile threats will continue to proliferate and federal employees must remain vigilant.

Nation-state and e-crime groups continue to innovate and refine their mobile attacks to breach devices and steal data...

Nutanix’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Private Cloud Enables Federal Agencies to Streamline Operations and Improve Management of Large Data Sets

Just two years ago, the Federal government caught the attention of the government IT provider and user communities with a “Cloud First” mandate. If the response to this Federal initiative has been variable, it’s been only by degree, because there is clearly a strong...

Public safety data needs a strategy, Atlanta CIO says

StateScoop: The Atlanta Police Department’s recent pilot use of ShotSpotter, devices that detect gunshots and report them to law enforcement, has helped the city’s cops respond more quickly to crime scenes involving firearms, speakers said at a “smart cities” conference Thursday. But the new sensory data picked up by the devices, which were deployed...

Nutanix’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure Enables Government Entities to Provide Positive Outcomes to Citizens

Delivering services that support quality of life is the central task of local and regional governments entities, with a traditional focus on providing public safety, education, and social services such as healthcare. As citizens become increasingly aware of the capabilities of modern IT networks, they...

This week in Congress: Budget deadline looms

Military Times: House lawmakers this week are expected to advance a short-term budget extension to keep the government operating past Oct. 1 as the two chambers continue to fight over how to proceed with a permanent spending deal.

The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up the fiscal...

Cloud-Driven Databases Improve Service Quality, Reduce Costs

Most agencies have migrated at least a few applications to cloud services, but progress has been slow, due primarily to internal IT complexities, cybersecurity worries and a reluctance to abandon physical resources. Increasingly, however, agency leaders find that optimizing data management provides a critical first...

Could HHS information blocking rule have unintended consequences on data sharing and security?

Healthcare IT News: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules that will have a profound effect on how healthcare providers share patient data. The Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are each reviewing industry comments on their proposed rules.

IREC includes storage for the first time in its updated interconnection procedures

Utility Dive: It's been six years since IREC updated its model procedures, and in that time energy storage has become a major grid force. The council said its first set of guidelines for interconnecting batteries are an "initial framework" intended address the "uniquely flexible and controllable nature of energy storage....

Foxconn’s $100 Million Promise Falling Short

Inside Higher Ed: Last August, Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn pledged $100 million to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, promising to build a research campus by 2020 and a facility for the College of Engineering, where the company and UW faculty and students would collaborate on “trailblazing” interdisciplinary research in technology...