Modernization
A Farmer-Focused Agency Wants to Ditch Data Centers Completely
"Farmers don’t care that I run a data center," an Agriculture Department chief information officer said.
Digital Government
Democratic Senators Join Online Net Neutrality Protest
They and more than 100,000 companies and individuals lambasted legislation giving internet providers the right to alter speeds for different sites.
Cybersecurity
Here’s Why a U.S.-Russia Cyber Working Group Could Do Some Good
The group could focus on areas of common interest without stepping back on election hacking, but some experts still say it’s a silly idea.
Cybersecurity
Millennials Pose Greatest IT Security Risk of Any Group, Survey Says
Millennials use unapproved apps, Generation X members ignore security policies and baby boomers get phished.
Cybersecurity
House Homeland Budget Plans $1.8B for Cyber Unit, Cuts Research
The moves are largely consistent with the president’s budget request.
Modernization
How FedRAMP Keeps Getting Faster
The accreditation time frame is shrinking and GSA is working with the Office of American Innovation to speed up even more.
Emerging Tech
Battle For the Net To Wage War Across Your Browser
Prepare for online protests to support net neutrality.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How Comics Can Boost Cyber Training
A DHS grantee created a web comic template for cyber training.
Emerging Tech
The Israeli Army Is Trading its Llamas for Robots
Great news if you’re an Israeli war llama: Your tour of duty is over.
Ideas
3 Strategies for Building Successful Agile Teams
With agile, it’s all about speed, adaptability and collaboration—all for the sake of accelerated, better application development.
Emerging Tech
These Scanners Could Let You Travel With Liquids and Electronic Devices
A San Diego-based company is in talks with TSA to test out a scanner that could search tablets and cellphones for explosives.
Cybersecurity
2 Years After Massive Breach, OPM Isn’t Sufficiently Vetting IT Systems
The personnel agency isn’t adequately testing the security of its local and wide area networks, an auditor found.
Cybersecurity
Donald Trump’s ‘Impenetrable Cybersecurity’ Is Pure Fantasy
Guarding networked systems is an endless process, and an imperfect one.
Ideas
End-to-End Encryption is Key to Securing Government Databases
Properly protecting citizens' personal data is more critical than ever.
Digital Government
20% of Feds Say Their Agency Still Relies on Paper Records
And many federal employees also doubt the effectiveness of their chief data officers.
Cybersecurity
DOD Won’t Automatically Encrypt External Emails Until 2018
Making the protection automatic would conflict with other protections against malware attacks.
Emerging Tech
FAA Offers Registration Refund for Drone Pilots
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an unregistered drone!
Digital Government
4 Things You Need to Build Your Analytics Team
Three analytic practitioners share best practices for building a successful analytics shop.
Emerging Tech
Storm Drones Could Revolutionize Weather Forecasting
Dorothy could have skipped her trip to Oz—if she only had a storm drone.
Digital Government