Cybersecurity
State Department Confirms Email Data Breach
The breach may have compromised employee personal information in less than 1 percent of email inboxes.
Digital Government
NOAA Invests in a Second Round of Commercial Weather Data
The agency announced a second round of awards for its Commercial Weather Data Pilot as it preps for a third.
Modernization
GSA Introducing Options to Help Automate Agency Contact Centers
A new special item number for Automated Contact Center Services is being added with the IT Schedule 70 refresh.
Cybersecurity
Government Gets Poor Marks Securing Students' Personal Info
The office isn’t effectively monitoring cyber protections after it shares student information, including with collection agencies.
Digital Government
Here’s What’s Blocking HHS Offices From Sharing Data with Each Other
Agency leaders want to embrace information sharing, but right now it’s uncharted territory.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Invests $11.6 Million in Countering Large-Scale Internet Outages
The grants are focused on the effect outages could have on critical infrastructure.
Digital Government
As Google Plans To Re-Enter China, Lawmakers Have Concerns
The tech giant originally left China eight years ago due to censorship concerns.
Modernization
Congress Doesn’t Know Who’s in Charge of VA’s $10 Billion Health Records Overhaul
Lawmakers are trying to figure out what to do about the lack of accountability within the program’s leadership.
Artificial Intelligence
Patent Office: Can AI, Quantum Determine If a New Idea Is Really New?
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to know if advanced tech like AI and quantum computing can help examiners sift through the world’s collective knowledge.
Modernization
Lawmakers Have One More Shot To Raise Modernization Fund Ceiling
As the administration awaits word on additional funding, officials say they have about a dozen projects under consideration.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker: If You Think Patching is Tough Now, It’s Going to Get Worse
Without security standards for the internet of things, the government is leaving open billions of “stupid” vulnerabilities, said Sen. Mark Warner.
Cybersecurity
Senate-Passed Bill to Hack DHS Heads to House Floor
The bill would create the first departmentwide bug bounty in the civilian government.
Cybersecurity
Declassified Report Describes Confusion Around Military Cyber Responsibilities in 2014
The inspector general’s report describes poor communication and combatant commanders who hadn’t tallied up their cyber resources.
Digital Government
Will Electric Co-ops Close the Digital Divide?
The Federal Communications Commission seems to think they’re part of the solution.
Modernization
Federal Cloud Spending Trends Toward All-Time High
Cloud spending is sky-high across federal agencies and only expected to grow from here, according to a new analysis.
Policy
Trump Administration Preps Sanctions Against Foreign Election Interference
The new executive order describes a process for sanctioning digital interference, propaganda and any other efforts to meddle in U.S. elections.
Artificial Intelligence
3 Ways Intelligence Agencies Are Using AI
The intelligence community is using artificial intelligence to help manage the exponential increase of data.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Space Probes Shouldn't Be Tacky Billboards
Apollo, Voyager, Hubble … The Dorito?
Cybersecurity
Half of Government and Military Employees Used Awful Passwords for LinkedIn, Report Finds
Yes, one of them was “password”—and even in 2012 there was no excuse for that.
Cybersecurity